Words the Bible translates as please
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- naנָאa short word tacked onto a command, wish, or proposal that marks it as something put to the hearer rather than simply imposed
- yatavיָטַבto go well, be pleasing: for something to turn out good or to seem good to someone
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- to do good, treat well: to act kindly toward someone or to bring about good for them
- ḥaphetsחָפֵץto find pleasure in something, so that you want it and lean toward it
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- to bend or make stiff (said of an animal's tail)
- areskōἀρέσκωto please: to make oneself or one's action acceptable and agreeable to someone
- yasharיָשַׁרto be or go straight and level, and so to be right or pleasing; also to make a path straight, smooth, or direct
- euaresteōεὐαρεστέωto be well-pleasing to God: to live in a way that meets his full approval
- annaאָנָּאthe strongest "please" in Hebrew: a cry of urgent pleading, "Ah, I beg you!", spoken almost only to God and almost always at a moment of crisis
- biבִּיpleasenot studied yet
- arevעָרַבto go down well with someone: to be sweet, welcome, or acceptable to the person on the receiving end
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