Genesis 32:20
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
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Accept
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Acts 24:3
We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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רָצָה
râtsâh · raw-tsaw'
13 times translated as this KJV form57 total Strong's occurrences
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
Strong's KJV usage: (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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 26:41Strong's last: Malachi 1:13
Open full H7521 profile →נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ · naw-saw'
8 times translated as this KJV form647 total Strong's occurrences
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Strong's KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ( man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.
Strong's first: Genesis 32:20Strong's last: Malachi 1:8
Open full H5375 profile →ἀποδέχομαι
apodéchomai · ap-od-ekh'-om-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to take fully, i.e. welcome (persons), approve (things)
Strong's KJV usage: :--accept, receive (gladly).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 24:3Strong's last: Acts 24:3
Open full G588 profile →דָּשֵׁן
dâshên · daw-shane'
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
Strong's KJV usage: accept, anoint, take away the (receive) ashes (from), make (wax) fat.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 20:3Strong's last: Psalms 20:3
Open full H1878 profile →לָקַח
lâqach · law-kakh'
1 times translated as this KJV form968 total Strong's occurrences
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 22:11Strong's last: Exodus 22:11
Open full H3947 profile →רוּחַ
rûwach · roo'-akh
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to blow, i.e. breathe; only (literally) to smell or (by implication, perceive (figuratively, to anticipate, enjoy)
Strong's KJV usage: accept, smell, × touch, make of quick understanding.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 26:19Strong's last: 1 Samuel 26:19
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H5375
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
H3947
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
H7521
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
H7521
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
H7521
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
H7306
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
H7521
All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
H5375
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
H5375
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
H5375
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
H5375
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
H1878
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
H5375
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
H7521
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
H5375
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
H7521
Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
H7521
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
H7521
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
H7521
I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
H7521
And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.
H7521
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
H5375
And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
H7521
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
H7521
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
G588
We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
English meaning and historical usage.
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accept
ACCEPT', verb transitive [Latin accepto, from accipio, ad and capio, to take.]
1. To take or receive what is offered, with a consenting mind; to receive with approbation or favor.
Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands. Deuteronomy 33:11.
He made an offer which was accepted.
Observe the difference between receive and accept
He received an appointment or the offer of a commission, but he did not accept it.
2. To regard with partiality; to value or esteem.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked. Proverbs 18:5. 2 Corinthians 8:12.
In theology, acceptance with God implies forgiveness of sins and reception into his favor.
3. To consent or agree to; to receive as terms of a contract; as, to accept a treaty; often followed by of.
ACCEPT of the terms.
4. To understand; to have a particular idea of; to receive in a particular sense.
How is this phrase to be accepted?
5. In commerce, to agree or promise to pay, as a bill of exchange. [See Acceptance.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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