ἀρεσκία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ
(< ἀρέσκω), [in LXX (-εία): Pr 31:30 (חֵן)*;]
pleasing, desire to please: Col 1:10. In Gk. writers (Arist., Polyb.), most freq. in bad sense, but in π., Inscr., and in Philo, as above (v. Deiss., BS, 224; MM, s.v.; Cremer, 642).†