רָצָה
râtsâh · raw-tsaw'
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
- to be pleased with
- specifically, to satisfy adebt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (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.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to pursue the straight path › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest that works to pursue the straight path that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָצָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
56 occurrences · 56 OT · 0 NT · 51 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it shall not be accepted3 · 9%
- accept2 · 6%
- be pleased2 · 6%
- taketh pleasure2 · 6%
- accepteth2 · 6%
- i will not accept2 · 6%
- and thou wast pleased with me1 · 3%
- and it shall be accepted1 · 3%
- be in them: they shall not be accepted1 · 3%
- it shall be accepted1 · 3%
- enjoy1 · 3%
- and enjoy1 · 3%
- and they then accept1 · 3%
- of them, and shall enjoy1 · 3%
- without them: and they shall accept1 · 3%
- and accept1 · 3%
- let him be acceptable1 · 3%
- to us: for wherewith should he reconcile1 · 3%
- he liked1 · 3%
- moreover, because i have set my affection1 · 3%
- and hast pleasure1 · 3%
- and please1 · 3%
- had enjoyed1 · 3%
- and accepted1 · 3%
- till he shall accomplish1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.