Bâtsaʻ — H1214
H1214 · Hebrew — בצע
Pronunciation: baw-tsah'
Definition
verb
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
- to cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy
- (Qal)
- to cut off
- to stop
- to gain wrongfully or by violence
- (Piel)
- to cut off, sever
- to finish, complete, accomplish
- to violently make gain of
Usually translated as
cut, greedy, covetous, finish, gain, get, be wounded, covet, fulfill, be given to, perform
Origin
a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder
Greek equivalents
Occurrences
Bâtsaʻ occurs 17 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), Job (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (2), Joel (1), Amos (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (1)
- Judges 5:19 — The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
- Job 6:9 — Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off (וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי)!
- Job 27:8 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained (יִבְצָ֑ע), when God taketh away his soul?
- Psalms 10:3 — For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous (וּבֹצֵ֥עַ), whom the LORD abhorreth.
- Proverbs 1:19 — So are the ways of every one that is greedy (בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ) of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- Proverbs 15:27 — He that is greedy (בּוֹצֵ֣עַ) of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- Isaiah 10:12 — Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed (יְבַצַּ֤ע) his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
- Isaiah 38:12 — Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off (יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי) with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
- Jeremiah 6:13 — For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to (בּוֹצֵ֣עַ) covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
- Jeremiah 8:10 — Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness (בֹּצֵ֣עַ), from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
- Lamentations 2:17 — The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled (בִּצַּ֤ע) his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
- Ezekiel 22:12 — In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained (וַתְּבַצְּעִ֤י) of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 22:27 — Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get (בְּצֹ֥עַ) dishonest gain.
- Joel 2:8 — Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded (יִבְצָֽעוּ).
- Amos 9:1 — I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut (וּבְצַ֙עַם֙) them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
- Habakkuk 2:9 — Woe to him that coveteth (בֹּצֵ֛עַ) an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
- Zechariah 4:9 — The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish (תְּבַצַּ֑עְנָה) it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
Strong's Lexicon — B