ἀρεσκία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ

(ἀρέσκω), [in LXX (-εία): Pro.31:30 (חֵן) * ;]

pleasing, desire to please: Col.1:19 In Gk. writers (Arist. Polyb.), most frequently in bad sense, but in π. Inscr. and in Philo, as above (see Deiss. BS, 224; MM, see word; Cremer, 642).†

(AS)