Acceptance

Acceptance - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

ACCEPT'ANCE, n.

1. A receiving with approbation or satisfaction; favorable reception; as work done to acceptance.

They shall come up with acceptance on my altar. Isa 60.

2. the receiving of a bill of exchange or order, in such a manner, as to bind the acceptor to make payment. This must be by express words; and to charge the drawer with costs, in case of non payment, the acceptance must be in writing, under across, or on the back of the bill.

3. An agreeing to terms or proposals in commerce, by which a bargain is concluded and the parties bound.

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4. An agreeing to the act or contact of another, by some act which binds the person in law; as, a bishop's taking rent reserved on a lease made by his predecessor, is an acceptance of the terms of the lease and binds the party.

5. In mercantile language, a bill of exchange accepted; as a merchant receives another's acceptance in payment.

6. Formerly, the sense is which a word is understood. Obs.

[See Acceptation.]

Receive - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

RECE'IVE, v.t. [L. recipio; re and capio, to take.]

1. To take, as a thing offered or sent; to accept. He had the offer of a donation, but he would not receive it.

2. To take as due or as a reward. He received the money on the day it was payable. He received ample compensation.

3. To take or obtain from another in any manner, and either good or evil.

Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? Job 2.

4. To take, as a thing communicated; as, to receive a wound by a shot; to receive a disease by contagion.

The idea of a solidity we receive by our touch.

5. To take or obtain intellectually; as, to receive an opinion or notion from others.

6. To embrace.

Receive with meekness the engrafted word. James 1.

7. To allow; to hold; to retain; as a custom long received.

8. To admit.

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Psa 73.

9. To welcome; to lodge and entertain; as a guest.

They kindled a fire and received us every one, because of the present rain and because of the cold. Acts 28.

10. To admit into membership or fellowship.

Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye. Rom 14.

11. To take in or on; to hold; to contain.

The brazen altar was too little to receive the burnt-offering. 1 Ki 8.

12. To be endowed with.

Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit has come upon you. Acts 1.

13. To take into a place or state.

After the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven. Mark 16.

14. To take or have as something ascribed; as, to receive praise or blame. Rev 4. Rev 5.

15. To bear with or suffer. 2 Cor 11.

16. To believe in. John 1.

17. To accept or admit officially or in an official character. The minister was received by the emperor or court.

18. To take stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.

ak-sep'-tans: A rendering of the Hebrew retson, "delight," found only in Isa 60:7. It pictures God's delight in His redeemed people in the Messianic era, when their gifts, in joyful and profuse abundance, "shall come up with acceptance on mine altar." With "accepted" and other kindred words it implies redeeming grace as the basis of Divine favor. It is the "living, holy sacrifice" that is "acceptable to God" (Ro 12:1; compare Titus 3:4-6).

Definition

The term “receive” generally means to get or accept something that is given, offered, or presented.

• To “receive” can also mean to suffer or experience something, as in “he received punishment for what he did.”
• There is also a special sense in which we can “receive” a person. For example, to “receive” guests or visitors means to welcome them and treat them with honor in order to build a relationship with them.
• To “receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” means we are given the Holy Spirit and welcome him to work in and through our lives.
• To “receive Jesus” means to accept God’s offer of salvation through Jesus Christ.
• When a blind person “receives his sight” means that God has healed him and enabled him to see.

Translation Suggestions

• Depending on the context, “receive” could be translated as “accept” or “welcome” or “experience” or “be given.”
• The expression “you will receive power” could be translated as “you will be given power” or “God will give you power” or “power will be given to you (by God)” or “God will cause the Holy Spirit to work powerfully in you.”
• The phrase “received his sight” could be translated as “was able to see” or “became able to see again” or “was healed by God so that he was able to see.”

(See also: Holy Spirit, Jesus, lord, save)

Bible References

• 1 John 5:9
• 1 Thessalonians 1:6
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1
• Acts 8:15
• Jeremiah 32:33
• Luke 9:5
• Malachi 3:10-12
• Psalms 49:14-15

Examples from the Bible stories

• __21:13 The prophets also said that the Messiah would be perfect, having no sin. He would die to receive__ the punishment for other people’s sin. His punishment would bring peace between God and people.
• __45:5 As Stephen was dying, he cried out, “Jesus, receive__ my spirit.”
• __49:6__ He (Jesus) taught that some people will receive him and be saved, but others will not.
• __49:10 When Jesus died on the cross, he received__ your punishment.
• __49:13 God will save everyone who believes in Jesus and receives__ him as their Master.

Word Data

• Strong’s: H3557, H3947, H6901, H6902, H8254, G03080, G03240, G03530, G03540, G05680, G05880, G06180, G11830, G12090, G15230, G16530, G19260, G28650, G29830, G30280, G33350, G33360, G35490, G38580, G38800, G43270, G43550, G43560, G46870, G52640, G55620