- Original: ἀρέσκω - Transliteration: Aresko - Phonetic: ar-es'-ko - Definition: 1. to please 2. to strive to please a. to accommodate one's self to the opinions desires and interests of others - Origin: probably from G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion) - TDNT entry: 08:35,8 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Probably from G142 (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable (or by implication to seek to be so): - please. Total KJV Occurrences: 17 • please, 11 Romans 8:8; Romans 15:1; Romans 15:2; 1 Corinthians 7:32; 1 Corinthians 7:33; 1 Corinthians 7:34; 1 Corinthians 10:33; Galatians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2 Timothy 2:4 • pleased, 5 Mat 14:6; Mar 6:22; Act 6:5; Romans 15:3; Galatians 1:10 • pleasing, 1 1 Thessalonians 2:4