רָצָה
ra.tsah
to accept
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedBased on the provided Hebrew lexicon data, the word "H7521" or רָצָה (ra.tsah) generally means to accept. This verb's meaning is straightforward and does not imply any specific connotations. The frequency of 56 occurrences in the Bible suggests its importance in Hebrew thought and expression. The usage of this verb seems to be somewhat broad, spanning a range of social interactions. The data does not provide specific context clues to its applications, but its versatility in 56 instances across the Hebrew Bible implies that it is used in various settings. This could include relationships, agreements, or possibly even God's acceptance of individuals. This word's significance stems from its sheer frequency of use, suggesting it has a crucial role in shaping Hebrew concepts of acceptance and agreement. Understanding its meaning and usage will offer insights into how Hebrew culture views relationships and commitments, providing a lens into social dynamics within biblical communities.
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Occurrences in Scripture
56 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
to fulfill Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. As long as it lay desolate, it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
Esther 10:3For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.
Job 14:6Look away from him, that he may rest, until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.
Job 20:10His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
Job 33:26He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
Job 34:9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’
Psalms 40:13Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
Psalms 44:3For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
Psalms 49:13This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings.
Psalms 50:18When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
Psalms 51:16For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
Psalms 62:4They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.
Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
Psalms 85:1Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
Psalms 102:14For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.
Psalms 119:108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
Psalms 147:10He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
Psalms 147:11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
Psalms 149:4For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.
Proverbs 3:12for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 16:7When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Ecclesiastes 9:7Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
Isaiah 40:2“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”
Isaiah 42:1“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
Jeremiah 14:10Yahweh says to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore Yahweh does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish them for their sins.”
Jeremiah 14:12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
Ezekiel 20:40For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,” says the Lord Yahweh, “there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land. There I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
Ezekiel 20:41I will accept you as a pleasant aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered. I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
Ezekiel 43:27When they have accomplished the days, it shall be that on the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings. Then I will accept you,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”
Hosea 8:13As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it; But Yahweh doesn’t accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will return to Egypt.
Amos 5:22Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
Micah 6:7Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Haggai 1:8Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” says Yahweh.
Malachi 1:8When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?” says Yahweh of Armies.
Malachi 1:10“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Malachi 1:13You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it”, says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh.
Genesis 33:10Jacob said, “Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
Leviticus 1:4He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
Leviticus 7:18If any of the meat of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, and it shall not be credited to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 19:7If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;
Leviticus 22:23Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
Leviticus 22:25You must not offer any of these as the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner, because their corruption is in them. There is a defect in them. They shall not be accepted for you.’ ”
Leviticus 22:27“When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother. From the eighth day on it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
Leviticus 26:34Then the land will enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land. Even then the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
Leviticus 26:34Then the land will enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land. Even then the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
Leviticus 26:41I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,
Leviticus 26:43The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
Leviticus 26:43The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
Deuteronomy 33:11Yahweh, bless his skills. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again.”
Deuteronomy 33:24About Asher he said, “Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil.