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Strong's G701 ἀρεστός (arestos)

Arestos means “reason” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H701 — arbi (“Arbite”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G701
Language Greek
Linked Usages 35
Books 17

Strong's G701 Quick Answer

Strong's G701 ἀρεστός (arestos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. arestos (ar-es-tos') adj. 1. agreeable 2. (by implication) fit It has 35 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include things and reason. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
arestos (ar-es-tos') adj. 1. agreeable 2. (by implication) fit
Usage
35 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
things and reason

Meaning and Definition

arestos (ar-es-tos') adj. 1. agreeable 2. (by implication) fit [from G700] KJV: (things that) please(-ing), reason Root(s): G700

Original Word
ἀρεστός
Transliteration
arestos
Derivation
Root: ἀρέσκω R1: 700
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G701. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

pleasing

Usage: ἀρεστός, -ή, -όν (ἀρέσκω), [in LXX for יָשָׁר, etc. ;] pleasing, agreeable (Hdt., Xen., and later writers; see Cremer, 641 f; MM, see word): with dative of person(s), Jhn.8:29, Act.12:3; before ἐνώπιον, with genitive (Bl., § 37, 1; 40, 7), 1Jn.3:22; ἀρεστόν ἐστιν, with accusative and inf (El., § 69, 5; 72, 5), Act.6:2.† (AS)

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How Strong's G701 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render arestos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

things John 8:29 reason Acts 6:2

How Strong's G701 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 19 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G701 (ἀρεστός) appears 31 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G701 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G701 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

John 8:29 KJV

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

Acts 6:2 KJV

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

Acts 12:3 KJV

And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

Strong's G701 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

19 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 3:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.

Genesis 16:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram said to Sarai, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hands, use her as it may seem good to thee. And Sarai afflicted her, and she fled from her face.

Exodus 15:26 Septuagint / Brenton

and said, If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do things pleasing before him, and wilt hearken to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God that heals thee.

Strong's G701 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

12 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 3:2 Septuagint / Brenton

Behold, we the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the great king lie before thee; use us as shall be good in thy sight.

Judith 8:17 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore let us wait for salvation of him, and call upon him to help us, and he will hear our voice, if it please him.

Judith 12:14 Septuagint / Brenton

Then said Judith unto him, Who am I now, that I should gainsay my lord? surely whatsoever pleaseth him I will do speedily, and it shall be my joy unto the day of my death.

Usage Excerpts

First 35 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G701.

Genesis 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.
Genesis 16:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram said to Sarai, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hands, use her as it may seem good to thee. And Sarai afflicted her, and she fled from her face.
Exodus 15:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said, If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do things pleasing before him, and wilt hearken to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God that heals thee.
Leviticus 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron spoke to Moses, saying, If they have brought nigh today their sin offerings, and their whole burnt offerings before the Lord, and these events have happened to me, and yet I should eat today of the sin offerings, would it be pleasing to the Lord?
Deuteronomy 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord thy God, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and inherit the good land, which the Lord swore to your fathers,
Deuteronomy 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not do altogether as we do here today, every man that which is pleasing in his own sight.
Deuteronomy 12:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not eat it, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee, if thou shalt do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 12:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Beware and hearken, and thou shalt do all the commands which I charge thee, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons forever, if thou shalt do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments, all that I charge thee this day, to do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 21:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take away innocent blood from among you, if thou shouldest do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord thy God.
Ezra 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
Ezra 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
Nehemiah 9:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
Nehemiah 9:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Proverbs 21:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To do justly and to speak truth, Are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
Isaiah 38:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before thee in truth, with a true heart, and have done that which was pleasing in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Jeremiah 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but went after the lusts of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers taught them to worship:
Jeremiah 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
(and ye sinned worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the lusts of your own evil heart, so as not to hearken to me);
Jeremiah 18:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, We will quit ourselves like men, for we will pursue our perverse ways, and we will perform each the lusts of his evil heart.
John 8:29 New Testament, KJV
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
Acts 6:2 New Testament, KJV
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
Acts 12:3 New Testament, KJV
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
1 John 3:22 New Testament, KJV
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Judith 3:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, we the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the great king lie before thee; use us as shall be good in thy sight.
Judith 8:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore let us wait for salvation of him, and call upon him to help us, and he will hear our voice, if it please him.
Judith 12:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said Judith unto him, Who am I now, that I should gainsay my lord? surely whatsoever pleaseth him I will do speedily, and it shall be my joy unto the day of my death.
Tobit 3:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee, and command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be dissolved, and become earth: for it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and have much sorrow: command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into the everlasting place: turn not thy face away from me.
Tobit 4:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he had called him, he said, My son, when I am dead, bury me; and despise not thy mother, but honor her all the days of thy life, and do that which shall please her, and grieve her not.
Tobit 14:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, my son, depart out of Nineveh, because that those things which the prophet Jonah spoke shall surely come to pass.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For his soul pleased the Lord; Therefore hastened he to take him away from among the wicked.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And wisdom was with thee: which knoweth thy works, And was present when thou madest the world, And knew what was acceptable in thy sight, And right in thy commandments.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, And men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, And were saved through wisdom.
Wisdom of Sirach 48:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Of whom some did that which was pleasing to God, And some multiplied sins.
Wisdom of Sirach 48:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For Hezekiah had done the thing that pleased the Lord, And was strong in the ways of David his father, As Isaiah the prophet, who was great And faithful in his vision, had commanded him.
Baruch 4:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G701, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G701 FAQ

What does arestos (ἀρεστός) mean?

Arestos (Strong's G701) is a Greek word most simply glossed "reason". arestos (ar-es-tos') adj. 1. agreeable 2. (by implication) fit

How many times is arestos (ἀρεστός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 35 linked usages for Strong's G701 across 17 books.

Where can I study arestos (ἀρεστός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G701 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate arestos (ἀρεστός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as things and reason. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G701 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 19 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 12 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G701, with linked reader references where each row is available.