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1.
(
$!
, 700) signifies (a) “to be pleasing to, be acceptable to,” Matt. 14:6;
Mark 6:22; Acts 6:5; Rom. 8:8; 15:2; 1 Cor. 7:32-34; Gal. 1:10; 1 Thess. 2:15; 4:1 (where
the preceding
, “and,” is epexegetical, “even,” explaining the “walking,” i.e., Christian
manner of life as “pleasing” God; in Gen. 5:22, where the Hebrew has “Enoch walked
with God,” the Sept. has “Enoch pleased God”; cf. Mic. 6:8; Heb. 11:5); 2 Tim. 2:4; (b)
“to endeavor to please,” and so, “to render service,” doing so evilly in one’s own
interests, Rom. 15:1, which Christ did not, v. 3; or unselfishly, 1 Cor. 10:33; 1 Thess. 2:4.
This sense of the word is illustrated by Moulton and Milligan (
F !
) from numerous
inscriptions, especially describing “those who have proved themselves of use to the
commonwealth.Ӧ
2.
$
(
' $ !
, 2100) signifies “to be well-pleasing” (
$
, “well,” and a
form akin to No. 1); in the active voice, Heb. 11:5,
RV
, “he had been “well-pleasing”
(unto God),”
KJV
, “he pleased”; so v. 6; in the passive voice Heb. 13:16.¶
3.
$
(
'
!
, 2106) signifies (a) “to be well pleased, to think it good” [
$
,
“well,” and
, see
Note
(1) below], not merely an understanding of what is right and
good as in
, but stressing the willingness and freedom of an intention or resolve
regarding what is good, e.g., Luke 12:32, “it is (your Father’s) good pleasure”; so Rom.
15:26, 27,
RV
; 1 Cor. 1:21; Gal. 1:15; Col. 1:19; 1 Thess. 2:8,
RV
, “we were well pleased”
(
KJV
, “we were willing”); this meaning is frequently found in the papyri in legal
documents; (b) “to be well pleased with,” or “take pleasure in,” e.g., Matt. 3:17; 12:18;
17:5; 1 Cor. 10:5; 2 Cor. 12:10; 2 Thess. 2:12; Heb. 10:6, 8, 38; 2 Pet. 1:17.
4.
(
!
, 2309), “to will, wish, desire,” is translated “it pleased (Him)” in 1
Cor. 12:18; 15:38,
RV
. See
DESIRE
, B, No. 6.
5.
(
1
, 4684), “to live riotously,” is translated “giveth herself to
pleasure” in 1 Tim. 5:6,
RV
(
KJV
, “liveth in pleasure”); “taken your pleasure” in Jas. 5:5,
KJV
, “been wanton.”¶
Notes:
(1) In Acts 15:22,
KJV
,
, “to seem good to” (
RV
), is translated “it
pleased” (in some mss., v. 34); in Heb. 12:10,
KJV
, “(after their own) pleasure,”
RV
,“(as)
seemed good (to them).” (2) For
$ $
, rendered “have pleasure in” in Rom. 1:32,
KJV
, see
CONSENT
, No. 6. (3) For
$
, rendered “lived in pleasure” in Jas. 5:5
KJV
,
see
DELICATELY
.
B. Adjectives.
1.
(
$
, 701) denotes “pleasing, agreeable,” John 8:29,
RV
, “(the things
that are) pleasing,”
KJV
, “(those things that) please”,
KJV
and
RV
in 1 John 3:22; in Acts
6:2, “fit” (
RV
marg., “pleasing”); 12:3, “it pleased,” lit., “it was pleasing.” See
FIT
.¶
2.
$
(
'1$
, 2101),
$
, “well,” and No. 1, is translated “well-pleasing” in
the
RV
except in Rom. 12:1, 2 (see marg., however). See
ACCEPT
, B, No. 4.
C. Noun.
(or
/
) (
$!
, 699), a “pleasing,” a giving pleasure, Col. 1:10, of the
purpose Godward of a walk worthy of the Lord (cf. 1 Thess. 4:1). It was used frequently