Quick Definition
ἀρεστός, ή, όν Adj pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable
Strong's Definition
from 700; agreeable; by implication, fit
KJV Usage: (things that) please(-ing), reason
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ή, -όν | ἀρέσκω
25.92 · Attitudes and Emotions · Acceptable To, To Be Pleased With
pleasing pertaining to that which pleases someone In some languages the equivalent of ‘this pleased the Jews’ is ‘this caused the Jews to be happy’ or even ‘this caused the Jews to say, That’s fine.’
66.8 · Proper, Improper
proper, right pertaining to being proper or right, with the implication of desirable
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀρεστός, -ή, -όν, (ἀρέσκων, pleasing, agreeable: τινί, Jn. viii. 29; Acts xii. 3; ἐνώπιόν τινος, 1 Jn. iii. 22 (ef. ἀρέσκω, a.) ; ἄρεστόν ἐστι foll. by ace. with inf. it is jit, Acts vi. 2 [yet cf. Meyer ad loc.]. (In Grk. writ. fr. [Soph.] Hdt. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀρεστός arestos 4x
pleasing, acceptable, Acts 12:3; 1 Jn. 3:22; 8:29, deemed proper, Acts 6:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀρεστός. The adj. is very common. P Hib I. 514 (p.c. 245) πριάμενος λάμβανε ἀρεστὰς τ[ι]μῶν ὑπογεγραμμένων, “ἐδοσερί, if satisfactory, and buy at the prices below written” (Edd.). P Grenf II. 2414 (B.c. 105) παρεχέσθω (sc. τὸν οἶνον) μόνιμον Kal ἀρεστὸν ἕως ᾿Αθὺρ a, “wine that will keep and be satisfactory till Athyr Ist.” P Ambh II. 488 (B.C. 106) χορηγοῦντες κενώματα ἀρεστά, ““ providing acceptable vessels” (Edd.). In P Tebt II. 34217 (late ii/A.D.) a pottery is described as λίθοις ἀρεστοῖς ἐξηρτισί(μένον), “‘newly fitted with stones in good order”: so 33,3 Cf. Syl 522%? (iii/B.c.) οἴνο[υ] παρέχειν ἀρεστόν, and for the adverb A/ichel 45615 ™ (ii/B.c.) ἀποδεδείχασιν of ἐπιμεληταὶ τῆι βουλ[ῆι] συντετελεσμένα πάντα τὰ ἔργα ἀρεστῶς, BGU IV. 11197! (B.C. 5) τὰ προσήκοντα ἔργα πάντα καθ᾽ ὥρα[ν] καὶ κατὰ καιρὸν ἀρεστῶς. The collocation of εὐάρεστος and δόκιμος in Kom 1475 is closely paralleled in P Amh II. 898 (A.D. 121) τὸ (2. Tov) δὲ ἀργυρικὸν φόρον δόκιμον ἄριστον (1. ἀρεστόν), if the editors’ certain emendation be accepted. So P Flor I. τῇ (A.D. 153) ἀργύριον δόκιμον νομειτευόμενον ἀρεστόν: P Lond 938° (A.v. 225) (=III. | Ρ- 150), αἰ. “Αρέτας. The form ‘Apéras (for rough breathing see WH 7»ν7.3 Ρ- 313) instead of “Apé8as may, as Deissmann (AS p. 183 f.), following Schiirer Geschichte i. p. 738, has suggested, be due to a desire to Hellenize the barbaric name by assimilation to ἀρετή.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀρεστός (arestos) — pleasing. ἀρεστός [ᾰ], ή, όν, acceptable, pleasing, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; οἴνου παρέχειν ἀρεστόν a sufficient quantity, [Refs]; satisfactory, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of persons, acceptable, approved, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+]adverb, ἑωυτῷ ἀρεστῶς quite to his own satisfaction, [Refs 5th c.BC+]