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Lexicon :: Strong's H1215 - beṣaʿ

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בֶּצַע
Transliteration
beṣaʿ
Pronunciation
beh'-tsah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 267a

Strong’s Definitions

בֶּצַע betsaʻ, beh'-tsah; from H1214; plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust):—covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H1215 in the following manner: covetousness (10x), gain (9x), profit (3x), lucre (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H1215 in the following manner: covetousness (10x), gain (9x), profit (3x), lucre (1x).

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֶּצַע betsaʻ, beh'-tsah; from H1214; plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust):—covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
STRONGS H1215: Abbreviations
† בֶּ֫צַע noun masculine gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit — בֶּ֫צַע Genesis 37:26 + 7 times (construct Judges 5:19 +); בָּ֑צַע Exodus 18:21 + 7 times; 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) מה־ב׳ Genesis 37:26; Malachi 3:14 compare Psalm 30:10; Job 22:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:26; 37:26

Exodus

18:21; 18:21

Judges

5:19; 5:19

1 Samuel

8:3

Job

22:3

Psalms

30:10; 119:36

Proverbs

1:19; 15:27; 28:16

Isaiah

33:15; 56:11; 56:11; 57:17; 57:17

Jeremiah

6:13; 8:10; 22:17; 22:17; 51:13; 51:13

Ezekiel

22:13; 22:13; 22:27; 33:21; 33:31

Micah

4:13; 4:13

Habakkuk

2:9

Malachi

3:14

H1215

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Strong's Number H1215 matches the Hebrew בֶּצַע (beṣaʿ),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:26 - And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over [fn]the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - Kings set themselves in array, then the kings of Chanaan fought in Thanaach at the water of Mageddo; they took no gift of money.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:3 - And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3 - For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 - (LXX 29:10) What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to thee? or shall it declare thy truth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:36 - (LXX 118:36) Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:27 - A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16 - A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15 - He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - Yea, they are insatiable dogs, that know not what it is to be filled, and they are wicked, having no understanding: all have followed their own ways, each according to his own will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:17 - On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and smote him, and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful in his ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:13 - For from the least of them even to the greatest they have all committed iniquity; from the priest even to the false prophet they have all wrought falsely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:10 - Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to new inheritors; and they shall gather their fruits, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - Behold, thine eyes are not good, nor thine heart, but they go after thy covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:13 - (LXX 28:13) dwelling on many waters, and amidst the abundance of her treasures; thine end is come verily into thy bowels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:13 - And if I shall smite my hand at thine iniquities which thou hast accomplished, which thou hast wrought, and at thy blood that has been shed in the midst of thee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27 - Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:31 - They approach thee as a people comes together, and sit before thee, and hear thy words, but they will not do them: for there is falsehood in their mouth, and their heart goes after their pollutions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:13 - Arise, and thresh them, O daughter of Sion: for I will make thine horns iron, and I will make thine hoofs brass: and thou shalt utterly destroy many nations, and shalt consecrate their abundance to the Lord, and their strength to the Lord of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:9 - Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:14 - Ye said, He that serves God [fn]labours in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?
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