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Proverbs 16:13
“Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רָצוֹןrâtsôwn · raw-tsone'
H7522 · Hebrew
H7522 · Hebrew
- Definition
- delight (especially as shown)
- Derivation
- or רָצֹן; from H7521 (רָצָה);
- KJV renderings
- (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
- Grammar
- רְצ֣וֹן — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 56 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 49:6Exodus 28:38Leviticus 1:3Leviticus 19:5Leviticus 22:19
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רָצוֹן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.