To consent
אוּתStrong’s H0225ut
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ut is the Hebrew word usually translated “we will agree”, “agree” and “let us agree”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;”
Meaning
- (Niphal) to consent, agree
How it's translated
- we will agree 1
- they will agree 1
- let us agree 1
- and they agreed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
- 2 Kings 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 34:22Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
- Genesis 34:23Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
- 2 Kings 12:8And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
Hebrew dictionary
אוּת ut · to consent
(Niphal) to consent, agree
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “consent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONSENT, noun
[Latin, to be of one mind, to agree; to think, feel or perceive. See Sense and Assent.]
- Agreement of the mind to what is proposed or state by another; accord; hence, a yielding of the mind or will to that which is proposed; as, a parent gives his consent to the marriage of his daughter.“Defraud ye not one another, except with consent for a time” 1 Corinthians 7:5
- Accord of minds; agreement; unity of opinion.“All with one consent began to make excuse” Luke 14:18
- Agreement; coherence; correspondence in parts, qualities, or operation.
- In the animal economy, an agreement, or sympathy, by which one affected part of the system affects some distant part.
All definitions and other forms of “consent”
CONSENT, verb intransitive
[Latin See the Noun.]
- Literally, to think with another.“If sinners entice thee, consent thou not” Proverbs 1:10“And Saul was consenting to Stephens death” Acts 8:1“Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us” Genesis 34:23
- To agree.“When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him” Psalms 50:18
- To assent.“I consent to the law that it is good” Romans 7:16
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.