What does ἀρεστός (arestós) mean in the Bible?
ἀρεστός (arestós): Pleasing to someone; acceptable or fitting behavior that meets another's approval or preference.
Greek · G701
ἀρεστός
Agreeable; by implication, fit
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ἀρεστόςG701
Pronunciationarestós
What does ἀρεστός (arestós) mean in the Bible?
ἀρεστός (arestós): Pleasing to someone; acceptable or fitting behavior that meets another's approval or preference.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G701?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include is pleasing (1), pleased (1), pleases (1), unacceptable (1).
Where does ἀρεστός (arestós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 8:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 1 John (1), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itis pleasing1×1 John 3:22
pleased1×Acts 12:3
pleases1×John 8:29
unacceptable1×Acts 6:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 8:29
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
John1Acts21 John1
Source forms
ἀρεστὰ2xarestaJohn 8:29, 1 John 3:22
ἀρεστόν2xarestonActs 6:2, Acts 12:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural2xJohn 8:29, 1 John 3:22
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular2xActs 6:2, Acts 12:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Pleasing to someone; acceptable or fitting behavior that meets another's approval or preference.
Strong'sG701
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms2 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
agreeable; by implication, fit
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 8:29Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀρεστὰaresta
pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable
Read verseActs 6:2Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀρεστόνareston
pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable
Read verseActs 12:3Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀρεστόνareston
pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable
Read verse1 John 3:22Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀρεστὰaresta
pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterActs 6:2 · Acts 12:32×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterJohn 8:29 · 1 John 3:222×
Word Origins
ἀρεστός is built from this root: