רָצוֹן

Genesis 49:6 וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם and for pleasure their

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.

Here: 'And at their pleasure': they did whatever they wanted, with no restraint, law or need behind it. A word often used of God's favour is used here for the brothers' unchecked will.

Exodus 28:38 לְרָצ֥וֹן for acceptance

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.

Here: The technical sacrificial term for an offering God accepts, and so for the person who brought it being accepted. This is the purpose of the whole arrangement.

Leviticus 1:3 לִרְצֹנ֖וֹ for acceptance its

If his 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.

Here: 'For his acceptance', so that God receives the offerer with favour. Verse 4 ('accepted for him') and Leviticus 22:19 ('for your acceptance') support this reading. The KJV's 'of his own voluntary will' follows a later Jewish interpretation.

Leviticus 19:5 לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֖ם for acceptance your

When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.

Leviticus 22:19 לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑ם for acceptance your

must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.

Here: Three parts: 'for' + 'acceptance' + 'your' (plural). It is a technical worship term: so that the offering is ruled valid and counts in the worshipper's favor before God. It heads the verse, and the main pause in the traditional chanting marks falls right after it. The rest of the verse then lists what the animal must be.

Leviticus 22:20 לְרָצ֖וֹן for acceptance

You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

Here: Literally 'for favor': the purpose the offering exists to achieve, a favorable reception from God. The same word runs through verses 19, 20 and 21 and is the point of this whole paragraph.

Leviticus 22:21 לְרָצ֔וֹן 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 22:29 לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֖ם for acceptance your

When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.

Leviticus 23:11 לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֑ם 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.

Here: A technical word of the sanctuary: the offering is made so that God receives it with favor, and the people bringing it are accepted along with it. 'Your' is plural and means the whole community.

Deuteronomy 33:16 וּרְצ֥וֹן and [the] favor of

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 33:23 רָצ֔וֹן favor

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.”

2 Chronicles 15:15 רְצוֹנָ֣ם will their

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.

Here: 'Their desire / goodwill': their willing, eager delight. A word more often used of God's favour, here used of the people's own glad willingness. Nobody was dragging them.

Ezra 10:11 רְצוֹנ֑וֹ will his

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.”

Here: What God approves and accepts. The word is at home in sacrifice language (an offering made 'for acceptance'), so 'doing his ratson' means doing what God will accept favorably. In context it is defined by the next clause: separation.

Nehemiah 9:24 כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃ according to will their

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 9:37 כִּרְצוֹנָ֔ם 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.

Esther 1:8 כִּרְצ֥וֹן according to [the] pleasure of

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 9:5 כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃ according to pleasure their

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

Psalm 5:12 רָצ֥וֹן favor

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

Here: God's goodwill and acceptance toward the person. This is what wraps around him, like the shield. It is the same word the temple laws use when an offering is 'accepted'.

Psalm 19:14 לְרָצ֨וֹן׀ for acceptance

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Here: 'For acceptance': received with favor. This is the priests' word for a sacrifice God accepts. Here it is put first for emphasis, and the Hebrew marks a slight pause after it.

Psalm 30:5 בִּרְצ֫וֹנ֥וֹ [is] in favor his

For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Here: God's goodwill and pleasure toward someone: being accepted and welcomed by him. It pairs with 'in his anger' and comes back in verse 7 ('by your favor you made my mountain stand firm').

Psalm 30:7 בִּרְצוֹנְךָ֮ in favor your

O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

Here: 'By / in your favor': God's goodwill and acceptance were the only reason the speaker's life stood firm. It repeats v. 5, 'his favor is for a lifetime', so the word ties the two verses together.

Psalm 40:8 רְצוֹנְךָ֣ will your

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

Here: 'Your pleasure', meaning what God is pleased with and accepts. The same word is used for a sacrifice being 'accepted' (Lev 1:3). Coming right after v. 6, it says that what God truly accepts is the worshipper's obedience.

Psalm 51:18 בִ֭רְצוֹנְךָ in favor your

In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Here: 'In your favour / goodwill'. This is the same word used for a sacrifice being 'accepted' by God, so it quietly prepares for verse 19. The psalmist asks God to act from his willing, gracious acceptance, not from anything the city has earned.

Psalm 69:13 רָצ֗וֹן favor

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.

Here: The favor God shows when he accepts someone. It is the word used for sacrifices God "accepts." The psalmist hopes his prayer will be received the way an accepted offering is received, at a moment when God is ready to act.

Psalm 89:17 וּ֝בִרְצֹנְךָ֗ and in favor your

For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

Here: "And in/by your favor": God's willing goodwill toward them, the pleasure he takes in accepting someone. This is the same word used when a sacrifice is "accepted." The preposition can mean both "by means of" and "within the sphere of" his favor.

Psalm 103:21 רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃ <of> will his

Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.

Psalm 106:4 בִּרְצ֣וֹן with [the] favor of

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

Here: 'With / in the goodwill of': God's pleased, accepting disposition. Joined to 'your people', it means the favor God shows his people, possibly with the sense 'at the time when you favor them.'

Psalm 143:10 רְצוֹנֶךָ֮ will your

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Here: "Your pleasure": what you take delight in and accept with favour. It names the conduct that pleases God, not a hidden plan to be uncovered.

Psalm 145:16 רָצֽוֹן׃ desire

You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Here: What the creatures are filled with, or the thing that gets satisfied. The word means what pleases: favor, goodwill, delight, and from that 'what one wants'. It can be read as the creatures' desire (most English versions) or as God's favor that fills them (the Greek translation; compare Deut 33:23).

Psalm 145:19 רְצוֹן־ [the] desire of

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

Here: What these people want, what they long for. It comes first in the verse because Psalm 145 is an alphabet poem and this is the line for the letter resh (ר). Putting it first also stresses it: their longing is the subject.

Proverbs 8:35 רָ֝צ֗וֹן favor

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

Here: God's approving pleasure in a person, the same word used when a sacrifice is 'accepted', and in Proverbs for a king's goodwill toward a wise servant. It is about being welcome before God, not about receiving perks.

Proverbs 10:32 רָצ֑וֹן pleasure

The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

Here: What is welcome and wins goodwill, from God and also from the people who hear. The righteous person's speech knows how to be acceptable: well judged and gracious.

Proverbs 11:1 רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃ [is] pleasure his

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Here: 'His acceptance' or 'his favor': what God receives with approval. The same word is used for an offering that is 'accepted' at the altar, so an honest weight in the market is welcomed by God the way a proper sacrifice is.

Proverbs 11:20 וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹ and [are] pleasure his

The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.

Here: 'And his acceptance/favor': what God gladly accepts and takes pleasure in. It is the exact opposite of 'abomination', and it is also the word used for a sacrifice being 'accepted'.

Proverbs 11:27 רָצ֑וֹן favor

He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.

Proverbs 12:2 רָ֭צוֹן favor

The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

Here: YHWH's goodwill: his pleased acceptance of a person. The word was used for a king's goodwill toward a loyal servant and for a sacrifice being "accepted" at the altar. It names how God regards the person, not a list of benefits.

Proverbs 12:22 רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃ [are] delight his

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

Here: "His acceptance / his delight": what God approves of and welcomes. In temple language the word was used for a sacrifice God accepts, so honest people are pictured as an offering God takes gladly.

Proverbs 14:9 רָצֽוֹן׃ favor

Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.

Here: Being welcomed and accepted, and the goodwill that goes with it. There is no verb in this line, so the word simply lands at the end: 'among the upright, acceptance'. It is also the word used for a sacrifice being accepted, which makes a sharp match with ʾāšām.

Proverbs 14:35 רְֽצוֹן־ [the] favor of

A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.

Here: The king's goodwill, his warm approval. It is the same word used when a sacrifice is 'accepted' by God, so it pictures someone being welcomed and approved by the one who holds power.

Proverbs 15:8 רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃ delight his

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Here: 'His acceptance/favor.' This is the technical word for a sacrifice being accepted by God (Lev 1:3; 22:19–21). The word that should have gone with the sacrifice in the first line is given to the plain prayer of the second.

Proverbs 16:13 רְצ֣וֹן [are the] delight of

Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

Proverbs 16:15 וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹ and favor his

When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

Proverbs 18:22 רָ֝צ֗וֹן pleasure

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

Here: God's goodwill and pleasure toward someone. It is the same word used for a sacrifice being "accepted" and for a king's favor toward a courtier. Here it means God's kindly disposition, shown in the gift of a wife.

Proverbs 19:12 רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃ favor his

A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Here: The king's pleasure or acceptance: the state of being welcome and approved in his eyes. It is the last word of the verse, just as 'king' closed the first line, and it balances 'rage'.

Isaiah 49:8 רָצוֹן֙ favor

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,

Here: God's goodwill: the moment when he looks on someone with pleasure and accepts their plea. The word is used of an offering God accepts. So the servant's cry has been received.

Isaiah 56:7 לְרָצ֖וֹן [will be] for acceptance

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.”

Here: This is the technical temple term for an offering God receives with pleasure (Lev 1:3; 22:19–21). It means more than 'allowed in': God welcomes and delights in these offerings.

Isaiah 58:5 רָצ֖וֹן 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?

Here: 'Favour, acceptance.' This is temple language for an offering God receives with pleasure (Lev 1:3; 22:20). The question is whether God will accept this fast as he accepts a proper sacrifice.

Isaiah 60:7 רָצוֹן֙ 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.

Here: Priestly vocabulary for a sacrifice that God receives with favour (Lev 1:3; 22:19–21). These offerings will not be rejected. They will please him.

Isaiah 60:10 וּבִרְצוֹנִ֖י and in favor my

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.

Here: "And in my favor": God's goodwill, the disposition by which he accepts someone. The same word is used for a sacrifice being 'accepted' (60:7) and for 'the year of the LORD's favor' (61:2).

Isaiah 61:2 רָצוֹן֙ favor

to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

Here: The goodwill and pleasure of a superior toward someone, and in worship settings God's acceptance of an offering or a worshipper. The year is marked by Yahweh's favor turned toward his people: it is a time when they are welcomed and accepted.

Jeremiah 6:20 לְרָצ֔וֹן [are] for acceptance

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.”

Here: 'For acceptance.' This is a priests' term. A valid offering was presented 'for acceptance', so that the worshipper would be favourably received before the LORD (Lev 1:3; 22:19–21). God declares that the offerings fail at the very thing they exist to do.

Daniel 8:4 כִרְצֹנ֖וֹ according to pleasure its

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 11:3 כִּרְצוֹנֽוֹ׃ according to pleasure his

Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.

Daniel 11:16 כִּרְצוֹנ֔וֹ 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 11:36 כִרְצוֹנ֜וֹ 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.

Here: 'As he pleases.' In Daniel this marks a ruler with no human check on him (8:4; 11:3; 11:16). Each earlier ruler described this way falls.

Malachi 2:13 רָצ֖וֹן pleasure

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.