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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.

2. (a.) Willing; ready to agree or consent.

3. (a.) Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with.

4. (a.) In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report.

Greek

4375. prosphiles -- pleasing, agreeable
... pleasing, agreeable. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: prosphiles Phonetic
Spelling: (pros-fee-lace') Short Definition: pleasing, acceptable Definition ...
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587. apodektos -- acceptable
... acceptable. From apodechomai; accepted, ie Agreeable -- acceptable. see GREEK
apodechomai. (apodekton) -- 2 Occurrences. 586b, 587. apodektos. 588 . ...
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701. arestos -- pleasing, ie fit
... pleasing, fit. From aresko; agreeable; by implication, fit -- (things that)
please(-ing), reason. see GREEK aresko. (aresta) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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2234. hedeos -- sweetly, gladly
... 2234 (an adverb derived from , "sweetly") -- properly, sweet; (figuratively) highly
agreeable (enjoyable), ie received because to the beholder. ...
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700. aresko -- to please
... to please. Probably from airo (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable
(or by implication, to seek to be so) -- please. see GREEK airo. ...
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2101. euarestos -- well-pleasing
... acceptable, well-pleasing. From eu and arestos; fully agreeable -- acceptable(-ted),
wellpleasing. see GREEK eu. see GREEK arestos. (euarestoi) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2896a. tob -- pleasant, agreeable, good
... 2896, 2896a. tob. 2896b . pleasant, agreeable, good. Transliteration:
tob Short Definition: good. Word Origin from tob Definition ...
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2896. towb -- pleasant, agreeable, good
... 2895, 2896. towb. 2896a . pleasant, agreeable, good. Transliteration:
towb Phonetic Spelling: (tobe) Short Definition: beautiful. ...
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5276. naem -- to be pleasant, delightful, or lovely
... A primitive root; to be agreeable (literally or figuratively) -- pass in beauty,
be delight, be pleasant, be sweet. 5275, 5276. naem. 5277 . Strong's Numbers
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3474. yashar -- to be smooth, straight, or right
... root Definition to be smooth, straight, or right NASB Word Usage agreeable (2),
directed (1), esteem right (1), evenly applied (1), fixed straight (1), good (2 ...
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6149. arab -- to be sweet or pleasing
... A primitive root (identical with arab through the idea of close association); to
be agreeable -- be pleasant(-ing), take pleasure in, be sweet. see HEBREW arab. ...
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Library

How Agreeable all virtues are to God.
... OF THE SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY WHICH SACRED LOVE HOLDS OVER ALL THE VIRTUES, ACTIONS
AND PERFECTIONS OF THE SOUL. CHAPTER I. HOW AGREEABLE ALL VIRTUES ARE TO GOD. ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter i how agreeable all.htm

But what Need is There to Point Out How Agreeable to Sound Reason. ...
... Chapter XLIII. But what need is there to point out how agreeable to sound
reason� But what need is there to point out how agreeable ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xliii but what need.htm

Argument: the Arrival of Octavius at Rome During the Time of the ...
... Chapter II."Argument: The Arrival of Octavius at Rome During the Time of
the Public Holidays Was Very Agreeable to Minucius. Both ...
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That Divine Love Makes the virtues Immeasurably More Agreeable to ...
... SOUL. CHAPTER II. THAT DIVINE LOVE MAKES THE VIRTUES IMMEASURABLY MORE AGREEABLE
TO GOD THAN THEY ARE OF THEIR OWN NATURE. The masters ...
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Secondly, the Motives by which the Christian Religion Enforces the ...
... It is indeed in general evidently most agreeable to right reason, and to men's natural
notions of God, to believe him placable, and merciful, and willing to ...
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Of the Loving Recollection of the Soul in Contemplation.
... It happens then sometimes that our Lord imperceptibly infuses into the depths of
our hearts a certain agreeable sweetness, which testifies his presence, and ...
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How it was with Him on the Cross According to the Exterior Man.
... unconcerned about perishable love, and ever intent on following the main thing
according to the type of My contemplated Passion, is more agreeable than if thou ...
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Prayer
... prayer. What is prayer? It is an offering up of our desires to God for things
agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ. Prayer ...
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Of the Conformity of Our Will to the Will which God Has to Save Us ...
... of France, recounts, he said once to the holy man Carpus that he was ready to suffer
another Passion to save mankind, and that this would be agreeable to him ...
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First, the Practical Duties which the Christian Religion Enjoins,
... are all such as are most agreeable to our natural notions of God, and most perfective
of the nature, and conducive to the happiness and well-being of men. ...
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Thesaurus

Agreeable (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable
manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste. ...
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Please (324 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations
or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy. ...
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Pleasing (185 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Please. 2. (a.) Giving pleasure or satisfaction; causing agreeable
emotion; agreeable; delightful; as, a pleasing prospect; pleasing manners. ...
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Comely (32 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Good-looking; handsome; pleasing or agreeable to the sight;
well-proportioned. 2. (superl.) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable. ...
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Honey (62 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments;
also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. ...
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Preacher (27 Occurrences)
... adequate satisfaction in the pursuits of the scholar and thinker, taken by themselves,
he seeks to combine these with the pursuit of agreeable sensations-alike ...
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Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)
... adequate satisfaction in the pursuits of the scholar and thinker, taken by themselves,
he seeks to combine these with the pursuit of agreeable sensations-alike ...
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Agreed (31 Occurrences)

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Agree (24 Occurrences)

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Zealous (40 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS). 2 Corinthians 5:9 Wherefore also we are zealous,
whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him. (DBY). ...
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Bible Concordance

Agreeable (6 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 5:9 Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
(DBY)

Ephesians 5:10 proving what is agreeable to the Lord;
(DBY)

Philippians 4:18 But I have all things in full supply and abound; I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things sent from you, an odour of sweet savour, an acceptable sacrifice, agreeable to God.
(DBY)

Numbers 23:27 Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse me them from there."
(See NAS)

1 Samuel 18:20 Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
(See NAS)

Hosea 4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shade of them is agreeable: therefore your daughters shall be guilty of lewdness, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
(WBS)

Subtopics

Agreeable

Related Terms

Please (324 Occurrences)

Pleasing (185 Occurrences)

Comely (32 Occurrences)

Honey (62 Occurrences)

Preacher (27 Occurrences)

Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)

Agreed (31 Occurrences)

Agree (24 Occurrences)

Zealous (40 Occurrences)