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Koine Greek wordlink #108532

SR GNT Rom 8:8 ἀρέσαι (aresai) ‘flesh being to god to bring_pleasure not are being_able’ Strongs=7000 Lemma=areskō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=aorist voice=active
Year=60 AD Refers to Word #108529

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Only use of identical word form ἀρέσαι (V-NAA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρέσαι’ (V-NAA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to bring_pleasure’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘areskō’ have 10 different glosses: ‘am bringing_pleasure’, ‘to bring_pleasure’, ‘to_be bringing_pleasure’, ‘I was bringing_pleasure’, ‘he may bring_pleasure’, ‘him let_be bringing_pleasure’, ‘she may bring_pleasure’, ‘she brought_pleasure’, ‘bringing_pleasure’, ‘brought_pleasure’.

Greek words (4) other than ἀρέσαι (V-NAA····) with a gloss related to ‘bring_pleasure’

1 COR 7:32 ἀρέσῃ (aresaʸ) V-SAA3··S ‘of the master how he may bring_pleasure to the master’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:32 word 13

OET-LV: 32 But I _am _wanting you _all unanxious to _be. The unmarried is _caring _for the things of _the master, how he _may _bring _pleasure to _the master, (CO1_7:32)

OET-RV: 32 But I’d like you to be free from concern. Single men are concerned about things of the master—pleasing the master— (CO1 7:32)

1 COR 7:33 ἀρέσῃ (aresaʸ) V-SAA3··S ‘of the world how he may bring_pleasure to his wife and’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:33 word 9

OET-LV: 33 but the one having _married is _caring _for the things of _the world, how he _may _bring _pleasure to _the wife, and has _been _divided. Both the woman the unmarried and the virgin (CO1_7:33)

OET-RV: 33 but married men are concerned about worldly affairs—wanting to please their wives—so they’re divided. And unmarried or single women (CO1 7:33)

1 COR 7:34 ἀρέσῃ (aresaʸ) V-SAA3··S ‘of the world how she may bring_pleasure to her husband’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:34 word 24

OET-LV: 34 the unmarried is _caring _for the things of _the master, in _order _that she _may _be holy, both in _the body and the spirit, but the woman having _married is _caring _for the things of _the world, how she _may _bring _pleasure to _the husband. (CO1_7:34)

OET-RV: 34 are concerning about things of the master—so that both their bodies and their spirits can be separate from the world—but married women are concerned about worldly affairs—wanting to please their husbands. (CO1 7:34)

2 TIM 2:4 ἀρέσῃ (aresaʸ) V-SAA3··S ‘in_order_that to the one having enlisted him he may bring_pleasure’ SR GNT 2 Tim 2:4 word 11

OET-LV: 4 No _one soldiering is _being _entangled with _the affairs of_ the _living, in _order _that he _may _bring _pleasure to _the one having _enlisted him. (TI2_2:4)

OET-RV: 4 Soldiers stay unentangled from the affairs of daily living so that they will be dedicated to pleasing their commanding officer. (TI2 2:4)

Key: V=verb