2 occurrences in 13 translations
'Pleasing' in the Bible
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and accurate instruction [that challenges them with God’s truth]; but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold,
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Related Words
- Displease (9 instances in 8 translations)
- Displeased (48 instances in 11 translations)
- Displeases (7 instances in 5 translations)
- Displeasing (32 instances in 7 translations)
- Displeasure (17 instances in 11 translations)
- Man-pleaser (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Men-pleasers (2 instances in 6 translations)
- People-pleasers (2 instances in 1 translation)
- Pleas (16 instances in 4 translations)
- Pleasant (133 instances in 11 translations)
- Pleasant-sounding (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Pleasantness (11 instances in 8 translations)
- Please (495 instances in 13 translations)
- Pleased (206 instances in 13 translations)
- Pleasers (2 instances in 3 translations)
- Pleases (59 instances in 9 translations)
- Pleaseth (12 instances in 4 translations)
- Pleasurable (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Pleasure (367 instances in 13 translations)
- Pleasure-loving (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Pleasures (26 instances in 13 translations)
- Self-pleased (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Self-pleasing (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Unpleasant (3 instances in 5 translations)
- Unpleasing (6 instances in 1 translation)
- Well-pleased (11 instances in 3 translations)
- Well-pleasing (19 instances in 12 translations)
- Well-pleasingly (1 instance in 1 translation)
Bible Theasaurus
- Appreciated (3 instances)
- Artistic (16 instances)
- Delight (265 instances)
- Gratifying (3 instances)
- Please (495 instances)
- Pleasing (207 instances)
- Satisfying (29 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עין
`ayin
`ayin
eye , sight , seem , colour , fountain , well , face , pleased , presence , displeased , before , pleased , conceit , think ,
Usage: 372
ἀρεστός
Arestos
Arestos
Usage: 3
חפץ
Chaphets
Chaphets
Usage: 76
חפץ
Chaphets
Chaphets
Usage: 10
חפץ
Chephets
Chephets
Usage: 39
יפה
Yapheh
Yapheh
Usage: 41
ישׁר
Yashar
Yashar
please , straight , direct , right , well , fitted , good , make straight , meet , upright , uprightly
Usage: 26
נוה נוה
Naveh
Naveh
habitation , fold , dwelling , sheepcote , comely , stable , dwelling place , pleasant place , tarried
Usage: 35
צבי
Ts@biy
Ts@biy
Usage: 32
רצה
Ratsah
Ratsah
accept , please , pleasure , delight , enjoy , favourable , acceptable , accomplish , affection , approve ,
Usage: 56
רצן רצון
Ratsown
Ratsown
Usage: 56
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- Apostasy, Cause
- Attitudes, Of Christians To The World
- Being A Soldier
- Care, Worldly
- Christ Pleasing God
- Christians, Names Of
- Commander
- Cults
- Doctrines of the The Gospel
- Ears
- Evil Times