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:
Amos 5:22: "ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings"
Micah 6:7: "Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give"
Haggai 1:8: "wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD."
Malachi 1:8: "offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith"
Malachi 1:10: "the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand."
Malachi 1:13: "and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith"
