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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7522

רָצוֹן

ratsonraw-tsone'

acceptance

56 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: râtsôwn

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7522is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 40
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7522

delight (especially as shown)

The King James renders it: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

ratson is rendered "acceptance". It stands 56 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.

  • Fourteen of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:6May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
  • The Greek text spells it forty different ways.

The first use

May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Genesis 49:6וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fourteen of the word's fifty-six uses are in Proverbs.

The other 25 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • favor9
  • for acceptance6
  • for acceptance your4
  • according to pleasure his3
  • pleasure3
  • acceptance2
  • according to will their2
  • delight his2
  • in favor your2
  • will your2
  • according to pleasure its1
  • according to pleasure of1

and 19 more, 56 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 56, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

40 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃5
  • רָצוֹן֙3
  • וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹ2
  • כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃2
  • לְרָצ֖וֹן2
  • לְרָצ֔וֹן2
  • לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֖ם2
  • לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑ם2
  • רָ֝צ֗וֹן2
  • רָצ֑וֹן2
  • רָצ֖וֹן2
  • רָצֽוֹן׃2

and 28 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular15HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular6HR/Ncmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural4HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mp
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcmsc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp2ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc

Genesis

one use
  • May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

    Genesis 49:6

    • וּבִרְצֹנָ֖םuvirtzonamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and for pleasure their

Exodus

one use
  • And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

    Exodus 28:38

    • לְרָצ֥וֹןleratzonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for acceptance

Leviticus

seven uses
  • If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.

    Leviticus 1:3

    • לִרְצֹנ֖וֹlirtzonopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: for acceptance its
  • When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.

    Leviticus 19:5

    • לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֖םlirtzonekhempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: for acceptance your
  • must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.

    Leviticus 22:19

    • לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑םlirtzonekhempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: for acceptance your
  • You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

    Leviticus 22:20

    • לְרָצ֖וֹןleratzonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for acceptance
  • When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.

    Leviticus 22:21

    • לְרָצ֔וֹןleratzonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for acceptance
  • When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.

    Leviticus 22:29

    • לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֖םlirtzonekhempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: for acceptance your
  • And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

    Leviticus 23:11

    • לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑םlirtzonekhempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: for acceptance your

Deuteronomy

two uses
  • with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.

    Deuteronomy 33:16

    • וּרְצ֥וֹןuretzonconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and favor of
  • Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”

    Deuteronomy 33:23

    • רָצ֔וֹןratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: favor

2 Chronicles

one use
  • And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

    2 Chronicles 15:15

    • רְצוֹנָ֣םretzonamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: will their

Ezra

one use
  • Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

    Ezra 10:11

    • רְצוֹנ֑וֹretzononoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will his

Nehemiah

two uses
  • So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.

    Nehemiah 9:24

    • כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃kirtzonampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: according to will their
  • Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

    Nehemiah 9:37

    • כִּרְצוֹנָ֔םkirtzonampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: according to will their

Esther

two uses
  • By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

    Esther 1:8

    • כִּרְצ֥וֹןkirtzonpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to pleasure of
  • The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

    Esther 9:5

    • כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃kirtzonampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: according to pleasure their

Psalms

thirteen uses
  • For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.

    Psalms 5:12

    • רָצ֥וֹןratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: favor
  • May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

    Psalms 19:14

    • לְרָצ֨וֹן׀leratzonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for acceptance
  • For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

    Psalms 30:5

    • בִּרְצ֫וֹנ֥וֹbirtzonopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in favor his
  • O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

    Psalms 30:7

    • בִּרְצוֹנְךָ֮birtzonkhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in favor your
  • I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

    Psalms 40:8

    • רְצוֹנְךָ֣retzonkhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will your
  • In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

    Psalms 51:18

    • בִ֭רְצוֹנְךָvirtzonkhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in favor your
  • But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.

    Psalms 69:13

    • רָצ֗וֹןratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: favor
  • For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

    Psalms 89:17

    • וּ֝בִרְצֹנְךָ֗uvirtzonekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and in favor your
  • Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.

    Psalms 103:21

    • רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃retzononoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: of will his
  • Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

    Psalms 106:4

    • בִּרְצ֣וֹןbirtzonpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with favor of
  • Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

    Psalms 143:10

    • רְצוֹנֶךָ֮retzonekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will your
  • You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

    Psalms 145:16

    • רָצֽוֹן׃ratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: desire
  • He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

    Psalms 145:19

    • רְצוֹן־retzon-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: desire of

Proverbs

fourteen uses
  • For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.

    Proverbs 8:35

    • רָ֝צ֗וֹןratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: favor
  • The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

    Proverbs 10:32

    • רָצ֑וֹןratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: pleasure
  • Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

    Proverbs 11:1

    • רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃retzononoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: pleasure his
  • The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.

    Proverbs 11:20

    • וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹuretzonoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and pleasure his
  • He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.

    Proverbs 11:27

    • רָצ֑וֹןratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: favor
  • The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

    Proverbs 12:2

    • רָ֭צוֹןratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: favor
  • Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

    Proverbs 12:22

    • רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃retzononoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: delight his
  • Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.

    Proverbs 14:9

    • רָצֽוֹן׃ratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: favor
  • A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.

    Proverbs 14:35

    • רְֽצוֹן־retzon-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: favor of
  • The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

    Proverbs 15:8

    • רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃retzononoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: delight his
  • Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

    Proverbs 16:13

    • רְצ֣וֹןretzonnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: delight of
  • When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

    Proverbs 16:15

    • וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹuretzonoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and favor his
  • He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

    Proverbs 18:22

    • רָ֝צ֗וֹןratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: pleasure
  • A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

    Proverbs 19:12

    • רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃retzononoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: favor his

Isaiah

six uses
  • This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

    Isaiah 49:8

    • רָצוֹן֙ratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: favor
  • I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

    Isaiah 56:7

    • לְרָצ֖וֹןleratzonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for acceptance
  • Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

    Isaiah 58:5

    • רָצ֖וֹןratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: acceptance
  • All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

    Isaiah 60:7

    • רָצוֹן֙ratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: acceptance
  • Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.

    Isaiah 60:10

    • וּבִרְצוֹנִ֖יuvirtzoniconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and in favor my
  • to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

    Isaiah 61:2

    • רָצוֹן֙ratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: favor

Jeremiah

one use
  • What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”

    Jeremiah 6:20

    • לְרָצ֔וֹןleratzonpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for acceptance

Daniel

four uses
  • I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.

    Daniel 8:4

    • כִרְצֹנ֖וֹkhirtzonopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to pleasure its
  • Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.

    Daniel 11:3

    • כִּרְצוֹנֽוֹ׃kirtzonopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to pleasure his
  • The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

    Daniel 11:16

    • כִּרְצוֹנ֔וֹkirtzonopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to pleasure his
  • Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.

    Daniel 11:36

    • כִרְצוֹנ֜וֹkhirtzonopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to pleasure his

Malachi

one use
  • And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.

    Malachi 2:13

    • רָצ֖וֹןratzonnoun · masculine singulartagged: pleasure

The letters

Gematria 346· 996 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

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