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Lexicon :: Strong's H1215 - beṣaʿ

Aa
בֶּצַע
Transliteration
beṣaʿ
Pronunciation
beh'-tsah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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 - And H559➔ Judah H3063 said ➔H559 unto H413 his brethren, H251 What H4100 profit H1215 is it if H3588 we slay H2026 our brother, H251 and conceal H3680 his blood? H1818

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - Moreover thou H859 shalt provide H2372 out of all H3605 the people H5971 able H2428 men, H376 such as fear H3373 God, H430 men H376 of truth, H571 hating H8130 covetousness; H1215 and place H7760 such over them, H5921 to be rulers H8269 of thousands, H505 and rulers H8269 of hundreds, H3967 rulers H8269 of fifties, H2572 and rulers H8269 of tens: H6235

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:19 - The kings H4428 came H935 and fought, H3898 then H227 fought H3898 the kings H4428 of Canaan H3667 in Taanach H8590 by H5921 the waters H4325 of Megiddo; H4023 they took H3947 no H3808 gain H1215 of money. H3701

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:3 - And H3808➔ his sons H1121 walked H1980 not ➔H3808 in his ways, H1870 but turned aside H5186 after H310 lucre, H1215 and took H3947 bribes, H7810 and perverted H5186 judgment. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3 - Is it any pleasure H2656 to the Almighty, H7706 that H3588 thou art righteous? H6663 or H518 is it gain H1215 to him, that H3588 thou makest H8552➔ thy ways H1870 perfect? ➔H8552

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 - What H4100 profit H1215 is there in my blood, H1818 when I go down H3381 to H413 the pit? H7845 Shall H3034➔ the dust H6083 praise thee? ➔H3034 shall it declare H5046 thy truth? H571

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:36 - Incline H5186 my heart H3820 unto H413 thy testimonies, H5715 and not H408 to H413 covetousness. H1215

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - So H3651 are the ways H734 of every one H3605 that is greedy H1214 of gain; H1215 which taketh away H3947 the life H5315 of the owners thereof. H1167

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:27 - He that is greedy H1214 of gain H1215 troubleth H5916 his own house; H1004 but he that hateth H8130 gifts H4979 shall live. H2421

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16 - The prince H5057 that wanteth H2638 understanding H8394 is also H7227➔ a H4642➔ great ➔H7227 oppressor: ➔H4642 but he that hateth H8130 covetousness H1215 shall prolong H748 his days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:15 - He that walketh H1980 righteously, H6666 and speaketh H1696 uprightly; H4339 he that despiseth H3988 the gain H1215 of oppressions, H4642 that shaketh H5287 his hands H3709 from holding H8551 of bribes, H7810 that stoppeth H331 his ears H241 from hearing H8085 of blood, H1818 and shutteth H6105 his eyes H5869 from seeing H7200 evil; H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:11 - Yea, H3611➔ they are greedy H5794 H5315 dogs ➔H3611 which can H3045➔ never H3808 have ➔H3045 enough, H7654 and they H1992 are shepherds H7462 that cannot H3808 H3045 understand: H995 they all H3605 look H6437 to their own way, H1870 every one H376 for his gain, H1215 from his quarter. H7097

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:17 - For the iniquity H5771 of his covetousness H1215 was I wroth, H7107 and smote him: H5221 I hid me, H5641 and was wroth, H7107 and he went on H3212 frowardly H7726 in the way H1870 of his heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:13 - For H3588 from the least of them H6996 even unto H5704 the greatest of them H1419 every one H3605 is given to H1214 covetousness; H1215 and from the prophet H5030 even unto H5704 the priest H3548 every one H3605 dealeth H6213 falsely. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:10 - Therefore H3651 will I give H5414 their wives H802 unto others, H312 and their fields H7704 to them that shall inherit H3423 them: for H3588 every one H3605 from the least H6996 even unto H5704 the greatest H1419 is given H1214 to covetousness, H1215 from the prophet H5030 even unto H5704 the priest H3548 every one H3605 dealeth H6213 falsely. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - But H3588 thine eyes H5869 and thine heart H3820 are not H369 but H3588 H518 for H5921 thy covetousness, H1215 and for H5921 to shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood, H1818 and for H5921 oppression, H6233 and for H5921 violence, H4835 to do H6213 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:13 - O thou that dwellest H7931 upon H5921 many H7227 waters, H4325 abundant H7227 in treasures, H214 thine end H7093 is come, H935 and the measure H520 of thy covetousness. H1215

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:13 - Behold, therefore H2009 I have smitten H5221 mine hand H3709 at H413 thy dishonest gain H1215 which H834 thou hast made, H6213 and at H5921 thy blood H1818 which H834 hath been H1961 in the midst of thee. H8432

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27 - Her princes H8269 in the midst thereof H7130 are like wolves H2061 ravening H2963 the prey, H2964 to shed H8210 blood, H1818 and to destroy H6 souls, H5315 to H4616 get H1214 dishonest gain. H1215

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:31 - And they come H935 unto thee H413 as H3996➔ the people H5971 cometh, ➔H3996 and they sit H3427 before thee H6440 as my people, H5971 and they hear H8085 thy words, H1697 but H853➔ they will H6213➔ not H3808 do ➔H6213 them: ➔H853 for H3588 with their mouth H6310 they H1992 shew H6213 much love, H5690 but their heart H3820 goeth H1980 after H310 their covetousness. H1215

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:13 - Arise H6965 and thresh, H1758 O daughter H1323 of Zion: H6726 for H3588 I will make H7760 thine horn H7161 iron, H1270 and H6541➔ I will make H7760 thy hoofs ➔H6541 brass: H5154 and thou shalt beat in pieces H1854 many H7227 people: H5971 and I will consecrate H2763 their gain H1215 unto the LORD, H3068 and their substance H2428 unto the Lord H113 of H3605➔ the H776➔ whole ➔H3605 earth. ➔H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:9 - Woe H1945 to him that coveteth H1214 an H1215➔ evil H7451 covetousness ➔ H1215 to his house, H1004 that he may set H7760 his nest H7064 on high, H4791 that he may be delivered H5337 from the power H3709 of evil! H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:14 - Ye have said, H559 It H7723➔ is vain ➔H7723 to serve H5647 God: H430 and what H4100 profit H1215 is it that H3588 we have kept H8104 his ordinance, H4931 and that H3588 we have walked H1980 mournfully H6941 before H6440 the LORD H3068 of hosts? H6635
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