Strong's #7521: ratsah (pronounced raw-tsaw')
a primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt:--(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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
râtsâh
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
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 56 times:
Genesis 33:10: "I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased"
Leviticus 1:4: "upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for"
Leviticus 7:18: "be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed"
Leviticus 19:7: "day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted."
Leviticus 22:23: "for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted."
Leviticus 22:25: "of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted"
Leviticus 22:27: "the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire"
Leviticus 26:34: "Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate,"
Leviticus 26:34: "land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths."
Leviticus 26:41: "hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:"
Leviticus 26:43: "The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without"
Leviticus 26:43: "while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because"
Deuteronomy 33:11: "Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins"
Deuteronomy 33:24: "be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot"
1 Samuel 29:4: "us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself"
2 Samuel 24:23: "unto the king, The LORD thy God accept"
1 Chronicles 28:4: "the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all"
1 Chronicles 29:3: "Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver,"
1 Chronicles 29:17: "thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart"
2 Chronicles 10:7: "kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to"
2 Chronicles 36:21: "of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as"
Esther 10:3: "Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth"
Job 14:6: "from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day."
Job 20:10: "His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods."
Job 33:26: "He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render"
Job 34:9: "It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God."
Psalms 40:13: " Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help"
Psalms 44:3: "and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor"
Psalms 49:13: "their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah."
Psalms 50:18: "When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers."
Psalms 51:16: "not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering."
Psalms 62:4: "consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth,"
Psalms 77:7: "Will the Lord cast off forever? and will he be favorable no more?"
Psalms 85:1: "for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favorable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob."
Psalms 102:14: "For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust"
Psalms 119:108: " Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments."
Psalms 147:10: "not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man."
Psalms 147:11: "The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy."
Psalms 149:4: "For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation."
Proverbs 3:12: "even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."
Proverbs 16:7: "When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with"
Ecclesiastes 9:7: "for God now accepteth thy works."
Isaiah 40:2: "her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's"
Isaiah 42:1: "whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth"
Jeremiah 14:10: "their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit"
Jeremiah 14:12: "they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume"
Ezekiel 20:40: "of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings,"
Ezekiel 20:41: " I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from the people, and gather"
Ezekiel 43:27: "upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD."
Hosea 8:13: "of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity,"
