ἀρεσκεία

German (Pape)

[Seite 348] ἡ, gefälliges, schmeichelndes Wesen, meist tadelnd, Gefallsucht, Kriecherei; vgl. Theophr. char. 5; Pol. 31, 26, 5; τοῦ βασιλέως, Gehorsam, 6, 2, 12; Selbstgefälligkeit, M. Anton. 5, 18.

English (Strong)

from a derivative of ἀρέσκω; complaisance: pleasing.

English (Thayer)

(T WH ἀρεσκια (see Iota)), ἀρεσκειας, ἡ (from ἀρεσκεύω to be complaisant; hence, not to be written (with R G L Tr) ἀρεσκεία (cf. Chandler § 99; Winer s Grammar, § 6,1g.; Buttmann, 12 (11))), desire to please: περιπατεῖν ἀξίως τοῦ κυρίου εἰς πᾶσαν ἀρεσκείαν, to please him in all things, Philo, opif. § 50; de profug. § 17; de victim. § 3at the end In native Greek writings commonly in a bad sense: Theophrastus, char. 3 (5); Polybius 31,26, 5; Diodorus 13,53; others; (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians , the passage cited)).