Quick Definition
εὐαρεστέω v. I please
Strong's Definition
to gratify entirely
Derivation: from G2101 (εὐάρεστος);
KJV Usage: please (well)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐαρεστέω euaresteō 3x
to please, Heb. 11:5, 6; pass. to take pleasure in, be well pleased with, Heb. 13:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εὐαρεστέω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for הָלַךְ hith., Ge 5:22, 24, Ps 25 (26):2 55 (56):13, al., Si 44:16 ;]
to be well pleasing: τ. θεῷ (LXX, ll. c.), He 11:5, 6. Pass., to be well pleased: c. dat., He 13:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐαρεστέω. This verb, which in the NT is confined to Heb, is found, if we can trust the restoration, in the marriage contract P Oxy 11. 26548 (a-p. 81-95) kal εὐαρ[εστοῦμαι τοῦ προγεγρα]μμέν[ο]υ μου ἀνδρός. Cf. the double compound in Michel 1001-4 (c. B.C. 200) συνευαρεστούσας Kal τᾶς θυγatpds ᾿Εἰπιτελείας τᾶς Φοίνικος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εὐαρεστέω (euaresteō) — to please. 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+]