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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #1215 - בֶּצַע

Transliteration

betsaʻ

Phonetics

beh'-tsah

Origin

from (H1214)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

267a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

profit, unjust gain, gain (profit) acquired by violence

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 93 ‑ ἀδικία (ad‑ee‑kee'‑ah); 458 ‑ ἀνομία (an‑om‑ee'‑ah); 459 ‑ ἄνομος (an'‑om‑os); 1435 ‑ δῶρον (do'‑ron); 3393 ‑ μίασμα (mee'‑as‑mah); 4124 ‑ πλεονεξία (pleh‑on‑ex‑ee'‑ah); 4128 ‑ πλῆθος (play'‑thos); 5243 ‑ ὑπερηφανία (hoop‑er‑ay‑fan‑ee'‑ah); 5539 ‑ χρήσιμος (khray'‑see‑mos); 5622 ‑ ὠφέλεια (o‑fel'‑i‑ah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (23)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

BSB (22)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

CSB (16)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

ESV (23)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

KJV (23)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

LEB (19)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 2

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

LSB (33)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 6

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

N95 (28)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 4

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

NAS (31)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 4

Micah 2

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (23)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 3

Micah 1

Habakkuk 1

Malachi 1

ASV (23)

and not to covetousness 1

and what profit 1

are not but for thy covetousness 1

at thy dishonest gain 1

covetousness 1

dishonest gain 1

gain 1

lucre 1

no gain 1

of gain 2

of his covetousness 1

of thy covetousness 1

or is it gain 1

the gain 1

their gain 2

to covetousness 2

to his gain 1

unjust gain 1

what profit 2

BSB (22)

covetous gain 1

dishonest gain 2

dishonest profit 1

does he profit 1

for gain 2

for unjust gain 1

gain 2

gain is there 1

greed 1

have we gained 1

is cut 1

plunder 1

profit will we gain 1

seeking his own gain 1

their gain 1

to dishonest gain 1

whose unjust gain 1

your own dishonest gain 1

your unjust gain 1

CSB (16)

bribes 1

dishonest profit 1

gain 5

gained 1

greed 1

his own gain 1

is cut 1

profit 4

their plunder 1

ESV (23)

bribe 1

cut 1

gain 13

profit 3

selfish gain 1

spoils 1

unjust gain 3

KJV (23)

covetousness 10

gain 9

lucre 1

profit 3

LEB (19)

a gain 1

dishonest gain 2

for gain 1

for his own gain 1

gain 3

gain is there 1

gotten gain 2

is the gain 1

plunder in 1

profit 1

the gain of 1

unjust gain 2

unlawful gain 1

your unlawful gain 1

LSB (33)

end 1

gain 19

greedy 11

profit 2

N95 (28)

dishonest 4

end 1

gain 14

illicitly 1

plunder 1

profit 3

unjust 4

NAS (31)

benefit 1

dishonest 4

end 1

gain 13

illicitly 1

plunder 1

profit 5

unjust 4

unlawful 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (23)

are not but for your covetousness 1

at your dishonest gain 1

dishonest gain 1

for gain 2

gain 1

lucre 1

no plunder 1

not toward selfish gain 1

of his covetousness 1

of your covetousness 1

or does it benefit 1

the gain 1

their gain 2

to covetousness 2

to his gain 1

unjust gain 1

what profit 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2031) o y b (בתסאה BTsAh) AC: Cut CO: ? AB: Profit: [from: zb- a plunder as a cutting]

V) o y b (בתסאה BTsAh) - I. Cut:To cut something off to destroy it. II. Profit:To take something by force or greed. KJV (16): (vf: Paal, Piel) cut off, gained, given, greedy, covet, finish, wound - Strongs: H1214 (בָּצַע)

N^m) o y b (בתסאה BTsAh) - Profit: The taking of money or something of value through force in the sense of cutting. KJV (23): covetousness, gain, profit, lucre - Strongs: H1215 (בֶּצַע)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בֶּ֫צַע noun masculine gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit — בֶּ֫צַע Genesis 37:26 7t. (construct Judges 5:19 +); בָּ֑צַע Exodus 18:21 7t.; suffix בִּצֱע֑ךָ Jeremiah 22:17; בִּצְעֵךְ Jeremiah 51:13; Ezekiel 22:13; בִּצְעוֺ Isaiah 56:11; Isaiah 57:17; בִּצְעָם Ezekiel 33:31; Micah 4:13; — gain made by violence (nearly = plunder) Judges 5:19; Micah 4:13; more Generally, unjust gain Exodus 18:21; 1 Samuel 8:3; Psalm 119:36; Proverbs 28:16; Isaiah 33:15; Isaiah 56:11; Isaiah 57:17; Jeremiah 22:17; Jeremiah 51:13; Ezekiel 22:13; Ezekiel 33:21; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with בָּצַע Proverbs 1:19; Proverbs 15:27; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:10; Ezekiel 22:27; Habakkuk 2:9; profit (with selfish suggestion) ׳מהבֿ Genesis 37:26; Malachi 3:14 compare Psalm 30:10; Job 22:3.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בֶּצַע in pause בָּצַע, with suff. בִּצְעֵךְ m.

(1) rapine, prey (see the root No. 2), prop. of enemies, Judges 5:19; Jeremiah 51:13; Micah 4:13, also applied to the rapine of kings and nobles who despoil a people, Jeremiah 22:17; Ezekiel 22:13, and hence

(2) to any unjust gain whatever, whether acquired from bribes (1 Samuel 8:3; Isaiah 33:15), or by other frauds (Isaiah 57:17); Exodus 18:21; Proverbs 28:16 and even

(3) any gain, Isaiah 56:11; Ezekiel 33:31 מַה־בֶּצַע “what profit is it?” Genesis 37:26; Job 22:3; Psalms 30:10.

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List of Word Forms

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