Strong's Lexicon

H1215

H1215 — בֶּצַע

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbetsanoun mascOccurrences: 22TWOT: 267a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1215
Word:בֶּצַע
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1214
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:22
Transliteration:betsa
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:` (beh'-tsah) n-m.
Meaning:1. plunder 2. by extension, gain (usually unjust)
KJV Renderings:covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.

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BDB1257

בֶּ֫צַע noun masculine gain made by violence, unjust gain, profitבֶּ֫צַע Gen 37:26 + 7 t. (construct Judg 5:19 +); בָּ֑צַע Exod 18:21 + 7 t.; suffix בִּצֱע֑ךָ Jer 22:17 בִּצְעֵךְ Jer 51:13; Ezek 22:13 בִּצְעוֺ Isa 56:11; Isa 57:17 בִּצְעָם Ezek 33:31; Mic 4:13gain made by violence (nearly = plunder) Judg 5:19; Mic 4:13 more generally, unjust gain Exod 18:21; 1Sam 8:3; Ps 119:36; Prov 28:16; Isa 33:15; Isa 56:11; Isa 57:17; Jer 22:17; Jer 51:13; Ezek 22:13; Ezek 33:21 as accusative of cognate meaning with verb with בָּצַע Prov 1:19; Prov 15:27; Jer 6:13; Jer 8:10; Ezek 22:27; Hab 2:9 profit (with selfish suggestion) ׳ מהבֿ Gen 37:26; Mal 3:14 compare Ps 30:10; Job 22:3.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בצע (beh’-tzag)

Genesis 37:26

KJV: And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
EHCC: What proftt (is it) if we slay

Exodus 18:21

KJV: Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
EHCC: men of truth, hating covetousness ;

Judges 5:19

KJV: The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
EHCC: they took no gain of money.

1 Samuel 8:3

KJV: And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
EHCC: but turned aside after lucre,

Job 22:8

KJV: But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.mighty…: Heb. man of armhonourable…: Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance
EHCC: or (is it) gain (to him),

Psalms 30:9

KJV: What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
EHCC: (10). What profit (is there) in my blood,

Isaiah 33:15

KJV: He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;righteously: Heb. in righteousnessesuprightly: Heb. uprightnessesoppressions: or, deceitsblood: Heb. bloods
EHCC: he that despiseth the gain of

Jeremiah 6:13

KJV: For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
EHCC: every one(is) given to covetousness;

Ezekiel 22:13

KJV: Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
EHCC: smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain

Habakkuk 2:9

KJV: Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!coveteth…: or, gaineth and evil gainpower…: Heb. palm of the hand
EHCC: aa evil curetousness to his house, (marg.

Malachi 3:14

KJV: Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?ordinance: Heb. observationmournfully: Heb. in black
EHCC: what profit (is it) that we have
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