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Accept, Accepted, Acceptable


Definition of Accept, Accepted, Acceptable from Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words which is keyed to the English Version (1881-1885), which is similar to the ASV 1901 (American Standard Version)

 


signifies "to accept," by a deliberate and ready reception of what is offered (cp. No. 4), e.g., 1 Thess. 2:13, RV, "accepted;" 2 Cor. 8:17; 11:4. See RECEIVE, TAKE.


consisting of apo, "from," intensive, and No. 1, expresses dechomai more strongly, signifying "to receive heartily, to welcome," Luke 8:40 (RV, "welcomed," AV, "gladly received"); Acts 2:41; 18:27; 24:3; 28:30. See RECEIVE, WELCOME.


pros, "to," and No. 1, "to accept favorably, or receive to oneself," is used of things future, in the sense of expecting; with the meaning of "accepting," it is used negatively in Heb. 11:35, "not accepting their deliverance;" of receiving, e.g., Luke 15:2; Rom. 16:2; Phil. 2:29. See ALLOW, LOOK (for), RECEIVE, TAKE, WAIT.


almost synonymous with dechomai, is distinct from it, in that it sometimes means "to receive as merely a self-prompted action," without necessarily signifying a favorable reception, Gal. 2:6. See ATTAIN, CALL, CATCH, HAVE, HOLD, OBTAIN, RECEIVE, TAKE.

Note: The verb charitoo, "to make acceptable," is translated "made accepted," in Eph. 1:6, AV; RV, "freely bestowed."

*The following adjectives are translated "acceptable," or in some cases "accepted." The R.V. more frequently adopts the former rendering.


akin to No. 1, denotes "a person or thing who has been regarded favorably," Luke 4:19,24; Acts 10:35; 2 Cor. 6:2 (in this verse No. 3 is used in the second place); Phil. 4:18.


a strengthened form of No. 1 (apo, "from," used intensively), signifies "acceptable," in the sense of what is pleasing and welcome, 1 Tim. 2:3; 5:4.


a still stronger form of No. 1, signifies a "very favorable acceptance" (eu, "well," pros, "towards," No. 1), Rom. 15:16,31; 2 Cor. 6:2; 8:12; 1 Pet. 2:5.


eu, "well," arestos, "pleasing," is rendered "acceptable," in the AV of Rom. 12:1,2; 14:18; in 2 Cor. 5:9, "accepted;" Eph. 5:10. The RV usually has "well-pleasing;" so AV and RV in Phil. 4:18; Col. 3:20; in Titus 2:9, "please well," AV; Heb. 13:21. See PLEASING.


corresponding to B, No. 4, is used in Heb. 12:28, "so as to please." See PLEASE.


akin to B, No. 2, signifies "worthy to be received with approbation, acceptation," 1 Tim. 1:15; 4:9. The phrase in 1:15 is found in a writing in the 1st century expressing appreciation of a gift from a princess.


"grace," indicating favor on the part of the giver, "thanks" on the part of the receiver, is rendered "acceptable" in 1 Pet. 2:19,20. See margin. See BENEFIT, FAVOR, GRACE, LIBERALITY, PLEASURE, THANK.


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