Dictionaries :: Consent

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Consent:

kon-sent':The verb implies compliance with the guidance and direction of another, and, therefore, a secondary and subordinate relation of approval, sympathy and concurrence on the part of the one who consents. He does not take the initiative, but yields to what the principal proposes. The phrase ek sumphonou, "by consent," means "by mutual agreement" (1Co 7:5), both parties concerned being placed on an equality. "With one consent" (Ze 3:9, Hebrew "with one shoulder"; Lu 14:18) suggests, although it does not necessarily imply, the result of deliberation and consultation; it may have no other force than that of unanimity.

Written by H. E. Jacobs

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Consent:

"to agree openly, to acknowledge outwardly, or fully" (ex, for ek, "out," intensive), is translated "consented" in the RV of Luk 22:6 (AV, "promised").
See CONFESS, THANK.

Consent:

lit. "signifies to nod to" (epi, "upon or to," neuo, "to nod"); hence, "to nod assent, to express approval, consent," Act 18:20.

Consent:

"to come to," signifies "to consent," implying a coming to agreement with, in 1Ti 6:3.
See COME, No. 10.

Consent:

lit., "to put or lay down together with" (sun, "with," kata, "down," tithemi, "to put"), was used of depositing one's vote in an urn; hence, "to vote for, agree with, consent to." It is said negatively of Joseph of Arimathaea, who had not "consented" to the counsel and deed of the Jews, Luk 23:51 (Middle Voice).

Consent:

lit., "to speak with" (sun, "with," phemi, "to speak"), hence, "to express agreement with," is used of "consenting" to the Law, agreeing that it is good, Rom 7:16.

Consent:

lit., "to think well with" (sun, "with," eu, "well," dokeo, "to think"), to take pleasure with others in anything, to approve of, to assent, is used in Luk 11:48, of "consenting" to the evil deeds of predecessors (AV, "allow"); in Rom 1:32, of "consenting" in doing evil; in Act 8:1; 22:20, of "consenting" to the death of another. All these are cases of "consenting" to evil things. In 1Cr 7:12, 13, it is used of an unbelieving wife's "consent" to dwell with her converted husband, and of an unbelieving husband's "consent" to dwell with abelieving wife (AV, "be pleased;" RV, "be content").
See ALLOW, CONTENT, PLEASE.

Consent:

lit., "from one," is found in Luk 14:18, some word like "consent" being implied; e.g., "with one consent."

Consent:

lit., "from (or by) agreement" (sun, "with," phone, "a sound"), i.e., "by consent," is found in 1Cr 7:5. Cp. AGREE.