ἀρέσκω

[in LXX chiefly for טוֹב ;]

__1. to please (Hom. Hdt. al.): with dative of person(s), Mat.14:6, Mrk.6:22, Rom.8:8 15:2, 1Th.2:15 4:1, 1Co.7:32-34 Gal.1:10, 2Ti.2:4; before ἐνώπισν (= Heb. בּעֵנֵי, Bl. § 37, 1; 40, 7), Ac 65.

__2. In late Gk. esp. in Inscr. to render service to (see M, Th. ICC, 1 Co. ll with; Cremer, 640 f.); Rom.15:1, 3, 1Co.10:33, 1Th.2:4.†

(AS)

to please; to render service to