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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ἀρεστός G701
Pronunciation arestós
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 It is pleasing 1× 1 John 3:22
pleased 1× Acts 12:3
pleases 1× John 8:29
unacceptable 1× Acts 6:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 8:29
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
John 1 Acts 2 1 John 1
Source forms
ἀρεστὰ 2x aresta John 8:29, 1 John 3:22
ἀρεστόν 2x areston Acts 6:2, Acts 12:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x John 8:29, 1 John 3:22
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Acts 6:2, Acts 12:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Pleasing to someone; acceptable or fitting behavior that meets another's approval or preference.
Strong's G701
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
agreeable; by implication, fit
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 8:29 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀρεστὰ aresta
pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable
Read verse Acts 6:2 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀρεστόν areston
pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable
Read verse Acts 12:3 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἀρεστόν areston
pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable
Read verse 1 John 3:22 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀρεστὰ aresta
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 6:2 · Acts 12:3 2×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter John 8:29 · 1 John 3:22 2×
Word Origins
ἀρεστός 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