Strong's Hebrew · H1214
בָּצַע
bâtsaʻ · baw-tsah'
(be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
Definition
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
Derivation
a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder;
Appears 16 times in Scripture
“For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.”
“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?”
“My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.”
“Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.”
“Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.”
“that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!”
“He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.”
“The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.”
““For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.”
“So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).