εὐᾰρεστ-έω G2100
please, be pleasing to; meet with approval or satisfaction
This verb means to be well-pleasing or acceptable to someone, to meet with favor or approval. In the New Testament it appears exclusively in Hebrews, describing pleasing God through faith. Enoch's translation is evidence he pleased God (11:5), faith is necessary to please God (11:6), and certain sacrifices are pleasing to God (13:16). The term emphasizes what satisfies or delights God.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Translators use pleasing language: Spanish agradar ('please'), German wohlgefallen ('be well-pleasing'). Hebrews 11:5 states that before Enoch's translation 'he was commended as having pleased God.' Hebrews 11:6 declares the principle: 'without faith it is impossible to please him,' establishing faith as essential to divine approval. Hebrews 13:16 encourages generosity: 'for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.' The verb focuses on what brings satisfaction or delight to God, with faith as the fundamental prerequisite. 3×
AR["أَرْضَى", "الإِرْضَاء", "يُسَرُّ"]·ben["সন্তুষ্ট-করতে", "সন্তুষ্ট-করেছিলেন", "সন্তুষ্ট-হন"]·DE["wohlgefallen"]·EN["is-pleased", "to-have-pleased", "to-please"]·FR["wohlgefallen"]·heb["לְהֵנִיחַ", "נִרְצֶה", "שֶׁנָּתַן-חֵן-לֵ-"]·HI["प्रसन्न-करना।", "प्रसन्न-किए-हुए", "प्रसन्न-होता-है"]·ID["berkenan", "menyenangkan.", "telah-menyenangkan"]·IT["euaresteitai", "euarestēkenai", "euarestēsai"]·jav["damel-rena", "rena", "sampun-damel-rena"]·KO["기믭하게-하기가", "기믭하게-했다고", "기믭해하신다"]·PT["agradar", "se-agrada", "ter-agradado"]·RU["благоугождается", "угодившим-быть", "угодить"]·ES["agradar", "haber-agradado", "se-agrada"]·SW["anapendezwa", "kumpendeza"]·TR["hoşnut-etmek", "hoşnut-etmiş-olmak", "hoşnut-olur"]·urd["خوش-ہوتا-ہے", "پسند-آنا", "پسند-آیا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
εὐᾰρεστ-έω, to be well pleasing, τῷ Κοινῷ τῶν Δελφῶν LXX+2nd c.BC+it seemed good, it was resolved, Refs 1st c.AD+: —passive, to be well pleased, satisfied, τινι with a thing, Refs 3rd c.BC+; τῇ νήσῳ, τῇ ἡγεμονίᾳ, NT+1st c.BC+ __2 in Medicine texts, in passive, to be benefited, get relief, of patients, Refs 1st c.AD+ __II intransitive, = passive, Refs 5th c.BC+