What does εὐαρεστέω (euarestéō) mean in the Bible?
εὐαρεστέω (euarestéō): Pleasing God through obedient conduct; the believer's active effort to align actions with divine favor.
Greek · G2100
εὐαρεστέω
To gratify entirely
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εὐαρεστέω G2100
Pronunciation euarestéō
What does εὐαρεστέω (euarestéō) mean in the Bible?
εὐαρεστέω (euarestéō): Pleasing God through obedient conduct; the believer's active effort to align actions with divine favor.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2100?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include is pleased (1), one who pleased (1), to please [God] (1).
Where does εὐαρεστέω (euarestéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 11:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It is pleased 1× Hebrews 13:16
one who pleased 1× Hebrews 11:5
to please [God] 1× Hebrews 11:6
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 11:5
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Hebrews 3
Source forms
εὐαρεστεῖται 1x euaresteitai Hebrews 13:16
εὐαρεστηκέναι 1x euarestēkenai Hebrews 11:5
εὐαρεστῆσαι 1x euarestēsai Hebrews 11:6
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 1x Hebrews 11:6
Verb - Perfect Infinitive Active 1x Hebrews 11:5
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Hebrews 13:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Pleasing God through obedient conduct; the believer's active effort to align actions with divine favor.
Strong's G2100
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to gratify entirely
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Pleasing God through obedient conduct; the believer's active effort to align actions with divine favor.
to be well pleasing: τ. θεῷ (LXX, ll. with), Heb.11:5-6. Pass., to be well pleased: with dative, Heb.13:16.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 11:5 Verb Perfect Active Infinitive
εὐηρεστηκέναι euhresthkenai
I please
Read verse Hebrews 11:6 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
εὐαρεστῆσαι· euaresthsai
I please
Read verse Hebrews 13:16 Verb Third Person Singular Present Passive Indicative
εὐαρεστεῖται euaresteitai
I please
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Perfect, Aorist, Present Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×
Perfect Active Heb 11:5 1×
Aorist Active Heb 11:6 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Passive Heb 13:16 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 1 aorist 1 present 1
Voice
active 2 passive 1
Mood
infinitive 2 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
εὐαρεστέω is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain