Lexical Summary ratson: goodwill, favor, acceptance, will Original Word: רָצוֹןTransliteration: ratson Phonetic Spelling: (raw-tsone') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: goodwill, favor, acceptance, will Meaning: goodwill, favor, acceptance, will Strong's Concordance be acceptable, delight, desire, favor, good pleasure, own, self, voluntary will, asOr ratson {raw-tsone'}; from ratsah; delight (especially as shown) -- (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would. see HEBREW ratsah Brown-Driver-Briggs H7522. ratson רָצוֺן noun [masculine] goodwill, favour, acceptance, will; — absolute ׳ר Deuteronomy 33:23 +; construct רְצוֺן Psalm 145:19 +; suffix רְצוֺנִי Isaiah 60:10, רְצֹנוֺ Daniel 8:4 +, etc.; — 1 goodwill, favour: a. of God, Deuteronomy 33:16; Isaiah 60:10; Psalm 5:13; Psalm 30:6; 30:8; Psalm 51:20; 89:18; 106:4; Proverbs 8:35; 12:2; 18:22; ר ׳עֵת Isaiah 49:8; Psalm 69:14; ר ׳יוֺם Isaiah 58:5; ׳שְׁנַתרֿ 61:2; "" בְּרָכָה Deuteronomy 33:23; opposed to תּוֺעֵבָה Proverbs 11:1, 20; 12:22; 15:8. b. of men: in General Proverbs 10:32; 11:27; 14:9; of kings 14:35; 16:13, 15; 19:12. 2 acceptance, of persons, offering sacrifice, יהוה לפני לרצון Exodus 28:38 (P); with ל person for acceptance for him before ׳י; with suffix person לרצנוֺ Leviticus 1:3; abbreviated לָכֶם לְרָצוֺן 22:20, לרצנכם 19:5; 22:19, 29; 23:11, לצֵּון 22:21; Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 6:20; Psalm 19:15 (of words; compare Hosea 14:3); רצון על Isaiah 60:7 (read לְ, so Manuscripts, see Gi, also Du), רצון Malachi 2:13. 3 will, desire, pleasure: a. of God, ר ׳עשׂה do his will Ezra 10:11; Psalm 40:9; 103:21; 143:10. b. of man, כרצונוֺ עשׂה do according to his will, exactly as he pleased, Daniel 8:4; 11:3, 16, 36; Nehemiah 9:24; Esther 1:8; 9:5, compare Nehemiah 9:37; desire Psalm 145:16; 145:19; 2 Chronicles 15:15; = self-will Genesis 49:6 (poem). |