Quick Definition
to accept
Strong's Definition
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
TWOT Reference: 2207
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָצָה (ra.tsah) — to accept. 1) to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be pleased with, be favourable to 1a2) to accept 1a3) to be pleased, be determined 1a4) to make acceptable, satisfy 1a5) to please 1b) (Niphal) to be accepted, be pleased with 1c) (Piel) to seek favour of 1d) (Hiphil) to please, pay off 1e) (Hithpael) to make oneself acceptable or pleasing
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רָצֹון
Willing
to be acceptable = state in which an animal or its meat is acceptable to God as sacrifice
LEV 1:4 · LEV 7:18 · LEV 19:7 · LEV 22:23 · LEV 22:25 · LEV 22:27
Willing | verb qal, verb nif
to accept, to take pleasure = state in which humans or deities are favorable disposed towards a person or activity
GEN 33:10 · DEU 33:11 · 2SA 24:23 · 1CH 28:4 · 1CH 29:17 · JOB 33:26 · JOB 34:9 · PSA 40:14 · PSA 44:4 · PSA 49:14 · PSA 50:18 · PSA 51:18 · PSA 62:5 · PSA 77:8 · PSA 85:2 · PSA 119:108 · PSA 147:10 · PSA 147:11 · PSA 149:4 · PRO 16:7 · ECC 9:7 · ISA 42:1 · JER 14:10 · JER 14:12 · EZK 20:40 · EZK 20:41 · EZK 43:27 · HOS 8:13 · AMO 5:22 · MIC 6:7 · HAG 1:8 · MAL 1:8 · MAL 1:10 · MAL 1:13
Willing | verb hit, verb qal, verb pi
to seek (someone's) favor = action by which humans do what is needed to cause other humans to regard them favorably
Bear | verb qal, verb hif, verb nif
to pay off, to undergo literally: to accept; hence: = process by which humans bear their responsibility and undergo the consequences of their actions
LEV 26:34 · LEV 26:34 · LEV 26:41 · LEV 26:43 · LEV 26:43 · 2CH 36:21 · JOB 14:6 · ISA 40:2
Love | verb qal ptc.pass
favorite literally: acceptable; hence: = state in which one person or group is appreciated above others
Love | verb qal
to have affection, to be devoted literally: to accept; hence: = state in which humans regard a person or object with affection
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָצָה vb. be pleased with, accept favourably Qal be pleased with, favourable to
accept
be pleased
make acceptable, satisfy (by paying off debt)
Niph. pass. of Qal 2, be accepted, of sacrifices
pass. of Qal 4: her punishment is accepted (as satisfactory)
Pi. seek the favour of the poor
Hiph. the land shall pay off her sabbaths
Hithp. with what shall he make himself acceptable unto his lord ?
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