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Lexicon :: Strong's H7521 - rāṣâ

Aa
רָצָה
Transliteration
rāṣâ
Pronunciation
raw-tsaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2207

Strong’s Definitions

רָצָה râtsâh, 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.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x

The KJV translates Strong's H7521 in the following manner: accept (22x), please (6x), pleasure (6x), delight (5x), enjoy (4x), favourable (3x), acceptable (1x), accomplish (1x), affection (1x), approve (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 57x
The KJV translates Strong's H7521 in the following manner: accept (22x), please (6x), pleasure (6x), delight (5x), enjoy (4x), favourable (3x), acceptable (1x), accomplish (1x), affection (1x), approve (1x), miscellaneous (7x).
  1. to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be pleased with, be favourable to

      2. to accept

      3. to be pleased, be determined

      4. to make acceptable, satisfy

      5. to please

    2. (Niphal) to be accepted, be pleased with

    3. (Piel) to seek favour of

    4. (Hiphil) to please, pay off

    5. (Hithpael) to make oneself acceptable or pleasing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָצָה râtsâh, 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.
STRONGS H7521: Abbreviations
רָצָה verb be pleased with, accept favourably (Late Hebrew id., will, be willing; Arabic bdb095301 (originally bdb095302) be well pleased with, NöZMG liv (1900), 155; Sabean רצֿו favour CISiv, no. 77, 9 and others, compare HomSüdar. Chrest. 123, רצֿים good, acceptable, CISiv, no. 73, 9, and others, of a coin, good, Idib. no. 21, 5; Aramaic רְעָא, bdb095303 have pleasure in, compare II. רָעָה above); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ר׳ Ecclesiastes 9:7; suffix רָצָם Jeremiah 14:10; 1st person singular וְרָצִאתִי Ezekiel 43:27 consecutive (metaplastic Ges§ 75rr; Aramaism, Krae; but Co וְרָצִיתִי), etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְצֶה Psalm 147:10 +, suffix יִרְצְךָ Malachi 1:8; 3rd person feminine singular jussive תִּ֫רֶץ Leviticus 26:43; 3rd person feminine plural תִּרְצֶנָה Proverbs 23:6 Kt (< Qr תִּצֹּרְנָה, √ נצר, compare Toy), etc.; Imperative רְצֵה Psalm 40:14; Psalm 119:108; Infinitive construct רְצוֺת Proverbs 16:7; Psalm 77:8, etc.; Participle רוֺצֶה Psalm 147:11; Psalm 149:4, suffix רֹצָם Jeremiah 14:12; passive רְצוּי Esther 10:3, construct רְצוּי Deuteronomy 33:24; —
1. be pleased with, favourable to:
a. of God, with accusative of person Isaiah 42:1; Psalm 44:4; Psalm 147:11; Job 33:26; with accusative of thing Psalm 85:2; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Proverbs 16:7; Ecclesiastes 9:7; with ב person Psalm 149:4; ב of thing Psalm 147:10; Haggai 1:8; absolute Psalm 77:8.
b. of men: with accusative of person, subject father Malachi 1:8, || אהב Proverbs 3:12; of brother Genesis 33:10 (JE), monarch 2 Chronicles 10:7; with accusative of thing Psalm 62:5; Psalm 102:15; Job 14:6; Proverbs 23:26 (but see above); with בְּ of thing 1 Chronicles 29:3; Psalm 49:14; עִם person Job 34:9; Psalm 50:18; passive participle רָצוּי favoured, acceptable to Deuteronomy 33:24 (poem), Esther 10:3.
2. accept: of God, with accusative of person, sacrificing, 2 Samuel 24:23; Hosea 8:13; Jeremiah 14:10, 12; Ezekiel 20:40, 41; Ezekiel 43:27; with accusative of sacrifice Deuteronomy 33:11; Malachi 1:10, 13; Psalm 51:18; Psalm 119:108; with בְ of sacrifice Micah 6:7; absolute Amo 5:22.
3. be pleased:
a. determined, with infinitive Psalm 40:14.
b. with בּ person 1 Chronicles 28:4.
4. make acceptable, satisfy (by paying off debt), subject land, paying off its sabbaths (Di Dr and others accept, be satisfied with [in payment]) Leviticus 26:34, 43; 2 Chronicles 36:21, with accusative of guilt incurred (עָוֺן) Leviticus 26:41, 43 (< point all these as Hiph., so SS Gerber).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִרְצָה Leviticus 1:4; Isaiah 40:2; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵרָצֶה Leviticus 7:18 +, etc.; —
1. passive of Qal 2, be accepted, of sacrifices, with ל person, Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 22:25; with ל of sacrifice Leviticus 22:23, 27; absolute Leviticus 7:18; Leviticus 19:7.
2. passive of Qal 4: נִרְצָח עֲוֺנָהּ Isaiah 40:2 her punishment is accepted (as satisfactory).
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְרַצּוּ Job 20:10, with accusative דַּלִּים seek the favour of the poor (but Bu SS Gerber from רצץ).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְהִרְצָת (Ges§ 75m) consecutive Leviticus 26:34 the land shall pay off her sabbaths (accusative), compare Qal 4.
Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִתְרַצֵּה 1 Samuel 29:4 with what shall he make himself acceptable unto (אֶל) his lord? + 3rd person masculine plural יִתְרַצּוּ Hosea 4:10 Greek Version of the LXX We Now (for MT יפרצּו) they shall not have delight.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

33:10

Leviticus

1:4; 1:4; 7:18; 7:18; 19:7; 22:23; 22:25; 22:27; 26:34; 26:34; 26:41; 26:43; 26:43; 26:43

Deuteronomy

33:11; 33:24; 33:24

1 Samuel

29:4

2 Samuel

24:23

1 Chronicles

28:4; 29:3; 29:17

2 Chronicles

10:7; 36:21

Esther

10:3; 10:3

Job

14:6; 20:10; 33:26; 34:9

Psalms

40:14; 40:14; 44:4; 49:14; 50:18; 51:18; 62:5; 77:8; 77:8; 85:2; 102:15; 119:108; 119:108; 147:10; 147:10; 147:11; 147:11; 149:4; 149:4

Proverbs

3:12; 16:7; 16:7; 23:6; 23:26

Ecclesiastes

9:7; 9:7

Isaiah

40:2; 40:2; 42:1

Jeremiah

14:10; 14:10; 14:12; 14:12

Ezekiel

20:40; 20:41; 43:27; 43:27

Hosea

4:10; 8:13

Amos

5:22

Micah

6:7

Haggai

1:8

Malachi

1:8; 1:8; 1:10; 1:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7521 matches the Hebrew רָצָה (rāṣâ),
which occurs 57 times in 55 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 33:10–Amo 5:22)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - Jacob H3290 said H559, “No H408, please H4994, if H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, then accept H3947 my gift H4503 from my hand H3027, [fn]for I see H7200 your face H6440 as one sees H7200 the face H6440 of God H430, and you have received H7521 me favorably H7521.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:4 - ‘And he shall lay H5564 his hand H3027 on the head H7218 of the burnt H5930 offering H5930, so that it may be accepted H7521 for him to make H3722 atonement H3722 on H5921 his behalf H5921.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:18 - ‘So if H518 any H4480 of the flesh H1320 of the sacrifice H2077 of his peace H8002 offerings H8002 is ever eaten H398 on the third H7992 day H3117, he who offers H7126 it will not be accepted H7521, and it will not be credited H2803 to him. It will be an unclean H6292 thing H6292, and the person H5315 who eats H398 it shall bear H5375 his punishment H5771.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:7 - ‘So if H518 it is eaten H398 at H398 all H398 on the third H7992 day H3117, it is unclean H6292; it will not be accepted H7521.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:23 - ‘Now as for an ox H7794 or a lamb H7716 which has an [fn]overgrown H8311 or stunted H7038 member, you may present H6213 it as a [fn]voluntary H5071 offering H5071, but for a vow H5088 it will not be accepted H7521.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - nor H3808 shall you offer H7126 any H4480 H3605 of these H428 animals taken from the hand H3027 of a [fn]foreigner H1121 H5236 as the [fn]food H3899 of your God H430; for their deformity H4893 is in them, they have an impairment H3971. They will not be accepted H7521 for you.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - “When H3588 an ox H7794 or H176 a sheep H3775 or H176 a goat H5795 is born H3205, it shall [fn]remain H1961 seven H7651 days H3117 [fn]with its mother H517, and from the eighth H8066 day H3117 on it will be considered H7521 acceptable H7521 as a sacrifice H7133 of an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:34 -

‘Then H227 the land H776 will restore H7521 its Sabbaths H7676 all H3605 the days H3117 of the desolation H8074, while you are in your enemies’ H340 land H776; then H227 the land H776 will rest H7673 and restore H7521 its Sabbaths H7676.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:41 - I also H637 was acting H1980 with hostility H7147 against H5973 them, to bring H935 them into the land H776 of their enemies H340—or H176 if H227 their uncircumcised H6189 heart H3824 is humbled H3665 so that they then H227 make H7521 amends H7521 for their wrongdoing H5771,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - ‘For the land H776 will be abandoned H5800 by them, and will restore H7521 its Sabbaths H7676 while it is made H8074 desolate H8074 without H4480 them. They, meanwhile, will be making H7521 amends H7521 for their wrongdoing H5771, [fn]because H3282 they rejected H3988 My ordinances H4941 and their soul H5315 loathed H1602 My statutes H2708.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 -

“LORD H3068, bless H1288 his strength H2428,

And accept H7521 the work H6467 of his hands H3027;

Smash H4272 the [fn]hips H4975 of those who rise H6965 up H6965 against him,

And those who hate H8130 him, so H4480 that H4480 they do not H4480 rise H6965 again.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:24 -

Of Asher H836 he said H559,

“More H4480 blessed H1288 than H4480 sons H1121 is Asher H836;

May he be favored H7521 by his brothers H251,

And may he dip H2881 his foot H7272 in olive H8081 oil H8081.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - But the commanders H8269 of the Philistines H6430 were H7107 angry H7107 with him, and the commanders H8269 of the Philistines H6430 said H559 to him, “Make the man H376 go H7725 back H7725, so that he will return H7725 to his place H4725 where H834 H8033 you have assigned H6485 him, and do not let him go H3381 down H3381 to battle H4421 with us, or H3808 in the battle H4421 he may become H1961 an adversary H7854 to us. For how H4100 could this H2088 man find H7521 favor H7521 with his lord H113? Would it not be with the heads H7218 of [fn]these H1992 men H376?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:23 - “Everything H3605, O king H4428, Araunah H728 gives H5414 to the king H4428.” And Araunah H728 said H559 to the king H4428, “May the LORD H3068 your God H430 be H7521 favorable H7521 to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4 - “Yet, the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478, chose H977 me from all H3605 the household H1004 of my father H1 to be king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478 forever H5769. For He has chosen H977 Judah H3063 to be a leader H5057; and in the house H1004 of Judah H3063, my father’s H1 house H1004, and among the sons H1121 of my father H1 He took H7521 pleasure H7521 in me to make H4427 me king H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:3 - “In H5750 addition H5750, in my delight H7521 in the house H1004 of my God H430, the treasure H5459 I have H3426 of gold H2091 and silver H3701, I give H5414 to the house H1004 of my God H430, over H4605 and above H4480 H4605 all H3605 that I have already provided H3559 for the holy H6944 [fn]temple H1004,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - “Since I know H3045, my God H430, that You put H974 the heart H3824 to H974 the H974 test H974 and delight H7521 in uprightness H4339, I, in the integrity H3476 of my heart H3824, have willingly H5068 offered H5068 all H3605 these H428 things; so now H6258 with joy H8057 I have seen H7200 Your people H5971, who are H4672 present H4672 here H6311, make H5068 their offerings H5068 willingly H5068 to You.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:7 - They spoke H1696 to him, saying H559, “If H518 you are kind H2896 to this H2088 people H5971 and please H7521 them and speak H1696 pleasant H2896 words H1697 to them, then they will be your servants H5650 always H3605 H3117.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 - to fulfill H4390 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414, until H5704 the land H776 had enjoyed H7521 its Sabbaths H7676. All H3605 the days H3117 of its desolation H8074 it kept H7673 the H7673 Sabbath H7673 [fn]until seventy H7657 years H8141 were complete H4390.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:3 - For Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 was second H4932 only to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, and great H1419 among the Jews H3064 and in H7521 favor H7521 with his many H7230 kinsmen H251, one who sought H1875 the good H2896 of his people H5971 and one who spoke H1696 for the welfare H7965 of his entire H3605 [fn]nation H2233.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 -

“Look H8159 away H8159 from him so that he may [fn]rest H2308,

Until H5704 he [fn]fulfills H7521 his day H3117 like a hired H7916 worker H7916.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:10 -

“His sons H1121 [fn]favor H7521 the poor H1800,

And his hands H3027 give H7725 back H7725 his wealth H202.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:26 -

Then he will pray H6279 to God H433, and He will accept H7521 him,

So that he may see H7200 His face H6440 with joy H8643,

And He will restore H7725 His righteousness H6666 to that person H582.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:9 -

“For he has said H559, ‘It is H5532 of H5532 no H3808 use H5532 to a man H1397

When he becomes H7521 friends H7521 with God H430.’

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:13 -

Be H7521 pleased H7521, LORD H3068, to rescue H5337 me;

Hurry H2363, LORD H3068, to help H5833 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3 -

For by their own sword H2719 they did not possess H3423 the land H776,

And their own arm H2220 did not save H3467 them,

But Your right H3225 hand H3225 and Your arm H2220 and the light H216 of Your presence H6440,

For You favored H7521 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:13 -

This H2088 is the way H1870 of those who are foolish H3689,

And of those after H310 them who approve H7521 their words H6310. Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:18 -

“When H518 you see H7200 a thief H1590, you become H7521 friends H7521 with him,

And [fn]you associate H2506 with adulterers H5003.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:16 -

For You do not delight H2654 in sacrifice H2077, otherwise I would give H5414 it;

You do not take H7521 pleasure H7521 in burnt H5930 offering H5930.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 -

They have planned H3289 only H389 to thrust H5080 him down H5080 from his high H7613 position H7613;

They delight H7521 in falsehood H3577;

They bless H1288 with [fn]their mouth H6310,

But inwardly H7130 they curse H7043. Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:7 -

Will the Lord H136 reject H2186 forever H5769?

And will He never H3808 be H7521 favorable H7521 again H3254?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:1 -

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

LORD H3068, You showed H7521 favor H7521 to Your land H776;

You restored H7521 the fortunes H7622 of Jacob H3290.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:14 -

Surely H3588 Your servants H5650 [fn]take H7521 pleasure H7521 in her stones H68,

And feel H2603 pity H2603 for her dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:108 -

Be H7521 pleased H7521 to H7521 accept H7521 the [fn]voluntary H5071 offerings H5071 of my mouth H6310, LORD H3068,

And teach H3925 me Your judgments H4941.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 -

He does not delight H2654 in [fn]the strength H1369 of the horse H5483;

He does not take H7521 pleasure H7521 in the [fn]legs H7785 of a man H376.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:11 -

The LORD H3068 favors H7521 those who fear H3372 Him,

Those who wait H3176 for His [fn]faithfulness H2617.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:4 -

For the LORD H3068 takes H7521 pleasure H7521 in His people H5971;

He will glorify H6286 the lowly H6035 with salvation H3444.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 -

For whom H834 the LORD H3068 loves H157 He disciplines H3198,

Just as a father H1 disciplines the son H1121 in whom he delights H7521.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:7 -

When a person’s H376 ways H1870 are H7521 pleasing H7521 to the LORD H3068,

He causes even H1571 his enemies H340 to make H7999 peace H7999 with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:26 -

Give H5414 me your heart H3820, my son H1121,

And let your eyes H5869 [fn]delight H7521 in my ways H1870.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:7 -

Go H1980 then, eat H398 your bread H3899 in happiness H8057, and drink H8354 your wine H3196 with a cheerful H2896 heart H3820; for God H430 has already H3528 approved H7521 your works H4639.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:2 -

“Speak H1696 [fn]kindly H3820 to Jerusalem H3389;

And call H7121 out H7121 to her, that her [fn]warfare H6635 has ended H4390,

That her [fn]guilt H5771 has been removed H7521,

That she has received H3947 of the LORD’S H3068 hand H3027

Double H3718 for all H3605 her sins H2403.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 -

“Behold H2005, My Servant H5650, whom I [fn]uphold H8551;

My chosen H972 one in whom My soul H5315 delights H7521.

I have put H5414 My Spirit H7307 upon Him;

He will bring H3318 forth H3318 justice H4941 to the [fn]nations H1471.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 to this H2088 people H5971: “So H3651 much H3651 they have loved H157 to wander H5128; they have not restrained H2820 their feet H7272. Therefore the LORD H3068 does not accept H7521 them; now H6258 He will remember H2142 their wrongdoing H5771 and call H6485 their sins H2403 to H6485 account H6485.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - “When H3588 they fast H6684, I am not going to listen H8085 to their cry H7440; and when H3588 they offer H5927 burnt H5930 offering H5930 and grain offering H4503, I am not going to accept H7521 them. Rather H3588, I am going to put H3615 an H3615 end H3615 to H3615 them by the sword H2719, famine H7458, and plague H1698.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy H6944 mountain H2022, on the high H4791 mountain H2022 of Israel H3478,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068, “there H8033 the entire H3605 house H1004 of Israel H3478, all H3605 of them, will serve H5647 Me in the land H776; there H8033 I will accept H7521 them and there H8033 I will demand H1875 your contributions H8641 and the choicest H7225 of your gifts H4864, with all H3605 your holy H6944 things H6944.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:41 - [fn]As a soothing H5207 aroma H7381 I will accept H7521 you when I bring H3318 you out H3318 from the peoples H5971 and gather H6908 you from the lands H776 where H834 you are scattered H6327; and I will show H6942 Myself to be H6942 holy H6942 among you in the sight H5869 of the nations H1471.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:27 - ‘When they have completed H3615 the days H3117, it shall be that on the eighth H8066 day H3117 and onward H1973, the priests H3548 shall [fn]offer H6213 your burnt H5930 offerings H5930 on the altar H4196, and your peace H8002 offerings H8002; and I will accept H7521 you,’ declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:13 -

As for My sacrificial H2077 gifts H1890,

They sacrifice H2076 the flesh H1320 and eat H398 it,

But the LORD H3068 has taken H7521 no H3808 delight H7521 in them.

Now H6258 He will remember H2142 their guilt H5771,

And punish H6485 them for their sins H2403;

They will return H7725 to Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:22 -

“Even H3588 though H518 you offer H5927 up H5927 to Me burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and your grain offerings H4503,

I will not accept H7521 them;

And I will not even look H5027 at the peace H8002 offerings H8002 of your fattened H4806 oxen H4806.


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