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Thursday, January 30th, 2025
the Third Week after Epiphany
the Third Week after Epiphany
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ACCEPT', L. 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 .
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 28 . 2 Corinthians 8 .
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.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Accept'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​a/accept.html.
Entry for 'Accept'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​a/accept.html.