To accept
רָצָהStrong’s H7521ratsah (ra-tsah)
Appears in 54 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ratsah is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will be accepted”, “accept” and “are pleased with”. It appears in 54 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.”
Meaning
- To be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably(Qal) · (Niphal) to be accepted, be pleased with · (Piel) to seek favour of · (Hiphil) to please, pay off · (Hithpael) to make oneself acceptable or pleasing
How it's translated
- it will be accepted 3
- i will accept 3
- they will accept 2
- you are pleased with 2
- and you have accepted favorably me 1
- and it will be accepted 1
- he will be accepted 1
- they will be accepted 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 13
- Leviticus 9
- Job 4
- 1 Chronicles 3
- Ezekiel 3
- Malachi 3
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 1:4And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
- Leviticus 7:18And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 19:7And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
- Leviticus 22:23Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
- Leviticus 22:25Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
- Leviticus 22:27When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
All 54 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רָצָה ratsah · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “accepted” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ACCEPT'ED, participle passive
Kindly received; regarded; agreed to; understood; received as a bill of exchange.
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.