adjective

arestem

Greekἀρεστός (arestos)

Strong’sG701

pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable

stem arest-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

pleasing3×right1×

What it means

ἀρεστός, -ή, -όν

(< ἀρέσκω), [in LXX for ישׁר, etc.;]

pleasing, agreeable (Hdt., Xen., and later writers; v. Cremer, 641 f; MM, s.v.): c. dat. pers., Jo 8:29, Ac 12:3; seq. ἐνώπιον, c. gen. (Bl., § 37, 1; 40, 7), I Jo 3:22; ἀρεστόν ἐστιν, c. acc. et inf (Bl., § 69, 5; 72, 5), Ac 6:2.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G701 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidar-es-tos'

agreeable; by implication, fit

Fromfrom G700;

King James(things that) please(-ing), reason.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	arestos	arestas	arestem2×ἀρεστόν	arestois	arestais	aresteim2×ἀρεστὰ
object accusative	areston	arestan		arestoin	arestain
direct address vocative	arestor	arestar		arestoir	arestair
of, belonging to genitive	arestou	arestau	aresteu	arestoiu	arestaiu	aresteiu
to, for dative	aresto	aresta	areste	arestoi	arestai	arestei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

areststem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

arest is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

arestem“right”subject or objectdirect singular2×

Acts 6:2“right”proskaleratois de tois dōdeka tem plēthem toiu mathētoiu legala; Ouk arestem atō nin kataleiparatoin ton logon tou theou diakonarō trapezai;So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

Acts 12:3“pleasing”horaratos de hoti arestem atō toi Ioudaioi prostitheta sullambara kai Petron ale de hēmerais teiu azumeiu,And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

aresteim“pleasing”subject or objectdirect plural2×

John 8:29“pleasing”kai tos pemparatos min meta mu atō; ouk afiēkata min monon, hoti mis teim aresteim auto poiamō pantote.He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

1 John 3:22“pleasing”kai hem ean aitaneiō lambanō apo autou, hoti tain entolain autou tēranō kai teim aresteim enōpion autou poianō.and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.