Bible Dictionary
ASSENT
Assent means agreement or consent. In older English Bible usage it represents words translated more literally in later versions as “voice,” “mouth,” or “agree.”
Definition
Assent means agreement or consent. In older English Bible usage it sometimes represents words that later versions translate more literally as “mouth” or “agree to.”
Biblical Usage
The King James Version uses assent in two passages for the Hebrew word meaning mouth and the Greek expression meaning to agree or affirm.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>a-sent': Twice used in the King James Version as equivalent to "voice," and to "consent," and displaced in both instances in the Revised Version (British and American) by the literal rendering of the Hebrew peh, "mouth" (2Ch 18:12); and the Greek suntithemi, "agree to," i.e. "affirm" (Ac 24:9).</p>