רָצוֹן

râtsôwn · Hebrew · Strong's H7522 · 56 occurrences

The KJV renders 36 different Hebrew and Greek words as “desire”

What it means

delight (especially as shown)

or רָצֹן; from H7521 (רָצָה);

How the KJV renders it

acceptableance, delight, desire, favour, pleasure, own, self, voluntary will, as would

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“desire”

also renders eudokía (G2107), zētéō (G2212), aitéō (G154), epithymía (G1939), orégomai (G3713), axióō (G515), parakaléō (G3870), epizētéō (G1934), thélō (G2309), zēlóō (G2206), thélēma (G2307), erōtáō (G2065), epithyméō (G1937), epipothéō (G1971), exaitéomai (G1809), eperōtáō (G1905), ʼâbeh (H15), ʼâvâh (H183), ʼavvâh (H185), bᵉʻâʼ (H1156), châmad (H2530), chemdâh (H2532), châphêts (H2654), châphêts (H2655), chêphets (H2656), châshaq (H2836), chêsheq (H2837), kâçaph (H3700), maʼăvay (H3970), machmâd (H4261), mishʼâlâh (H4862), nephesh (H5315), taʼăvâh (H8378), tâv (H8420), tᵉshûwqâh (H8669)

“self”

also renders stréphō (G4762), heautoû (G1438), thermaínō (G2328), perizṓnnymi (G4024), bâsâr (H1320), kâraʻ (H3766), nâzar (H5144), çâgar (H5462), ʻâṭâh (H5844), ʻânâh (H6031), tsâphan (H6845), sâbaʻ (H7646), shâʻan (H8172)

“pleasure”

also renders cháris (G5485), thélēma (G2307), hēdonḗ (G2237), ʼavvâh (H185), chêsheq (H2837), ṭôwb (H2896), nephesh (H5315), rᵉʻûwth (H7470), simchâh (H8057), shaʻshuaʻ (H8191)

“favour”

also renders cháris (G5485), chên (H2580), chănîynâh (H2594), chêçêd (H2617), châphêts (H2654), châphêts (H2655), ṭôwb (H2896), shâlôwm (H7965), tᵉchinnâh (H8467)

“delight”

also renders synḗdomai (G4913), chêphets (H2656), maʻădân (H4574), ʻêden (H5730), ʻânag (H6026), ʻôneg (H6027), râtsâh (H7521), shaʻshuaʻ (H8191)

“own”

also renders gnḗsios (G1103), nephesh (H5315)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

56 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

2 Chronicles 15:15 HNcmsc/Sp3mpDaniel 8:4 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msDaniel 11:3 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msDaniel 11:16 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msDaniel 11:36 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 33:16 HC/NcmscDeuteronomy 33:23 HNcmsaEsther 1:8 HR/NcmscEsther 9:5 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mpExodus 28:38 HR/NcmsaEzra 10:11 HNcmsc/Sp3msGenesis 49:6 HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp3mpIsaiah 49:8 HNcmsaIsaiah 56:7 HR/NcmsaIsaiah 58:5 HNcmsaIsaiah 60:7 HNcmsaIsaiah 60:10 HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp1csIsaiah 61:2 HNcmsaJeremiah 6:20 HR/NcmsaLeviticus 1:3 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msLeviticus 19:5 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mpLeviticus 22:19 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mpLeviticus 22:20 HR/NcmsaLeviticus 22:21 HR/NcmsaLeviticus 22:29 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mpLeviticus 23:11 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mpMalachi 2:13 HNcmsaNehemiah 9:24 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mpNehemiah 9:37 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mpProverbs 8:35 HNcmsaProverbs 10:32 HNcmsaProverbs 11:1 HNcmsc/Sp3msProverbs 11:20 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3msProverbs 11:27 HNcmsaProverbs 12:2 HNcmsaProverbs 12:22 HNcmsc/Sp3msProverbs 14:9 HNcmsaProverbs 14:35 HNcmscProverbs 15:8 HNcmsc/Sp3msProverbs 16:13 HNcmscProverbs 16:15 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3msProverbs 18:22 HNcmsaProverbs 19:12 HNcmsc/Sp3msPsalm 5:12 HNcmsaPsalm 19:14 HR/NcmsaPsalm 30:5 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3msPsalm 30:7 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2msPsalm 40:8 HNcmsc/Sp2msPsalm 51:18 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2msPsalm 69:13 HNcmsaPsalm 89:17 HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp2msPsalm 103:21 HNcmsc/Sp3msPsalm 106:4 HR/NcmscPsalm 143:10 HNcmsc/Sp2msPsalm 145:16 HNcmsaPsalm 145:19 HNcmsc

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.