רָצָה (ra.tsah) means “to accept” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: raw-tsaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
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
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a primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
KJV glosses: (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.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| accept them | 4 |
| be accepted | 3 |
| be pleased | 2 |
| delight | 2 |
| i will accept | 2 |
| accept | 1 |
| accept you | 1 |
| acceptable | 1 |
| and accept | 1 |
| and delight | 1 |
| and enjoy | 1 |
| and finds favor | 1 |
| and highly favored | 1 |
| and i will accept | 1 |
| and it will enjoy | 1 |
| and please them | 1 |
| and they will make amends | 1 |
| approved | 1 |
| because of my delight | 1 |
| delights | 1 |
| enjoyed | 1 |
| for him to regain the favor | 1 |
| has been pardoned | 1 |
| he can enjoy | 1 |
| he was pleased | 1 |
| in whom he delights | 1 |
| is pleased | 1 |
| it will be acceptable as | 1 |
| please | 1 |
| pleasure | 1 |
| shall enjoy | 1 |
| should i accept | 1 |
| show his favor again | 1 |
| since you have received me favorably | 1 |
| so it can be accepted | 1 |
| so that i may take pleasure | 1 |
| takes pleasure | 1 |
| that he should delight | 1 |
| the most favored | 1 |
| then i will accept you | 1 |
| they delight | 1 |
| who endorse | 1 |
| will pay the penalty | 1 |
| will seek the favor | 1 |
| would he be pleased | 1 |
| you befriend | 1 |
| you favored them | 1 |
| you showed favor | 1 |
| you take no pleasure | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| it shall not be accepted | 3 |
| accept | 2 |
| accepteth | 2 |
| be pleased | 2 |
| i will not accept | 2 |
| taketh pleasure | 2 |
| and accept | 1 |
| and accepted | 1 |
| and enjoy | 1 |
| and hast pleasure | 1 |
| and he will be favourable | 1 |
| and i will accept | 1 |
| and i will take pleasure | 1 |
| and it shall be accepted | 1 |
| and please | 1 |
| and they then accept | 1 |
| and thou wast pleased with me | 1 |
| approve | 1 |
| because thou hadst a favour | 1 |
| delighteth | 1 |
| doth not accept | 1 |
| enjoy | 1 |
| had enjoyed | 1 |
| he be favourable | 1 |
| he delighteth | 1 |
| he liked | 1 |
| he taketh not pleasure | 1 |
| i will accept | 1 |
| in them they shall not be accepted | 1 |
| is pardoned | 1 |
| it shall be accepted | 1 |
| let him be acceptable | 1 |
| me there will i accept | 1 |
| moreover because i have set my affection | 1 |
| neither will i accept | 1 |
| nothing that he should delight | 1 |
| observe | 1 |
| of them and shall enjoy | 1 |
| please | 1 |
| shall seek to please | 1 |
| should i accept | 1 |
| take pleasure | 1 |
| then thou consentedst | 1 |
| they delight | 1 |
| thou delightest | 1 |
| thou hast been favourable | 1 |
| till he shall accomplish | 1 |
| to us for wherewith should he reconcile | 1 |
| will he be pleased | 1 |
| without them and they shall accept | 1 |
Page 1 of 2. 54 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
Read word by wordHe is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
Read word by wordIf any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
Read word by wordIf any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.
Read word by wordYou may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
Read word by wordNeither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
Read word by word“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD.
Read word by wordThen the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
Read word by wordand I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
Read word by wordFor the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
Read word by wordBless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”
Read word by wordAnd concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.
Read word by wordBut the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
Read word by wordO king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
Read word by wordYet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
Read word by wordMoreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
Read word by wordI know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
Read word by wordThey replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
Read word by wordSo the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.
Read word by wordFor Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
Read word by wordlook away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
Read word by wordHis sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
Read word by wordHe prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
Read word by wordFor he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
Read word by wordBe pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.14
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 44.4
This is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.14
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
Read word by wordFor You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 51.18
They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.5
“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 77.8
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 85.2
For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.15
Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
Read word by wordHe does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
Read word by wordThe LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
Read word by wordFor the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
Read word by wordfor the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Read word by wordWhen a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Read word by wordGo, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
Read word by word“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
Read word by word“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”
Read word by wordAlthough they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
Read word by wordFor on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
Read word by wordWhen I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
Read word by wordAt the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”
Read word by wordThough they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
Read word by wordEven though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
Read word by wordWould the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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