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Koine Greek wordlink #135561

SR GNT 1Th 2:4 ἀρέσκοντες (areskontes) ‘not as to people bringing_pleasure but to god the one’ Strongs=7000 Lemma=areskō
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=active case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Refers to Word #135251 Person=Paul Refers to Word #135253 Refers to Word #135255

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Only use of identical word form ἀρέσκοντες (V-PPA.NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀρέσκοντες’ (V-PPA.NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘bringing_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 (7) other than ἀρέσκοντες (V-PPA.NMP) with a gloss related to ‘bringing_pleasure’

ROM 15:1 ἀρέσκειν (areskein) V-NPA.... ‘and not to ourselves to_be bringing_pleasure’ SR GNT Rom 15:1 word 14

ROM 15:2 ἀρεσκέτω (aresketō) V-MPA3..S ‘of us to the one near him let_be bringing_pleasure to the good’ SR GNT Rom 15:2 word 6

1COR 10:33 ἀρέσκω (areskō) V-IPA1..S ‘also_I in all things to all men am bringing_pleasure not seeking the’ SR GNT 1Cor 10:33 word 5

GAL 1:10 ἀρέσκειν (areskein) V-NPA.... ‘or I am seeking to people to_be bringing_pleasure if still to people’ SR GNT Gal 1:10 word 11

GAL 1:10 ἤρεσκον (aʸreskon) V-IIA1..S ‘if still to people I was bringing_pleasure of chosen_one/messiah a slave not’ SR GNT Gal 1:10 word 16

1TH 2:15 ἀρεσκόντων (areskontōn) V-PPA.GMP ‘and to god not bringing_pleasure but to all people’ SR GNT 1Th 2:15 word 18

1TH 4:1 ἀρέσκειν (areskein) V-NPA.... ‘you_all to_be walking and to_be bringing_pleasure to god as even’ SR GNT 1Th 4:1 word 24

Key: V=verb IIA1..S=indicative,imperfect,active,1st person singular IPA1..S=indicative,present,active,1st person singular MPA3..S=imperative,present,active,3rd person singular NPA....=infinitive,present,active PPA.GMP=participle,present,active,genitive,masculine,plural PPA.NMP=participle,present,active,nominative,masculine,plural