אוּת

אָבָה ʼâbâh · H14 · to be willing to, to accept, to want to have something to do with

אָבָה is the primary Hebrew verb for expressing willingness or consent, semantically overlapping closely with אוּת in contexts of agreeing to a request or proposal.

רָצָה râtsâh · H7521 · to be acceptable, to accept, to take pleasure

רָצָה conveys favorable acceptance or willingness, often used when someone consents to or accepts a proposal with satisfaction.

מָאֵן mâʼên · H3985 · to refuse

מָאֵן is the standard Hebrew verb for refusal, the direct lexical opposite of consent/willingness expressed by אוּת.

συγκατατίθεμαι synkatatíthemai · G4784 · to agree on, to arrange together, joint agreement

συγκατατίθημι is the standard Greek verb for expressing consent or agreement, directly paralleling the Hebrew אוּת in contexts where one party agrees to a proposal or action.

εὐδοκέω eudokéō · G2106 · to be pleased with, to take pleasure in, to enjoy

εὐδοκέω expresses willing consent or favorable disposition toward something, capturing the volitional aspect of אוּת when someone agrees or is willing to do something.

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אוּת expresses consent or agreement, as the terms Jacob's sons proposed for the men of Shechem to accept.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.