Acceptance
πρόσληψιςStrong’s G4356proslēpsis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Proslēpsis is the Greek word usually translated “acceptance”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?”
Meaning
Usually translated “acceptance”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- acceptance 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
πρόσληψις proslēpsis · acceptance
πρόσ-λημψις (Rec. -ληψις, as in Att..), -εως, ἡ (προσλαμβάνω), 1. an assumption (Plat.). 2. a receiving (cf. προσλαμβάνω): Rom.11:15,† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “acceptance” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ACCEPT'ANCE, noun
- A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as work done to acceptance“They shall come up with acceptance on my altar” Isaiah 60:7
- the receiving of a bill of exchange or order, in such a manner, as to bind the acceptor to make payment.
- An agreeing to terms or proposals in commerce, by which a bargain is concluded and the parties bound.
- An agreeing to the act or contact of another, by some act which binds the person in law; as, a bishop's taking rent reserved on a lease made by his predecessor, is an acceptance of the terms of the lease and binds the party.
All definitions
- In mercantile language, a bill of exchange accepted; as a merchant receives another's acceptance in payment.
- Formerly, the sense is which a word is understood. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.