Strong H1214H1214Gבָּצַע
to cut off
One of the 3 senses of Strong H1214
- Transliteration
- bâtsa‛
- Pronunciation
- baw-tsah'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
: to cut off
1) to cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut off
1a2) to stop
1a3) to gain wrongfully or by violence
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to cut off, sever
1b2) to finish, complete, accomplish
1b3) to violently make gain of
1) to cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut off
1a2) to stop
1a3) to gain wrongfully or by violence
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to cut off, sever
1b2) to finish, complete, accomplish
1b3) to violently make gain of
General definition
A primitive root to break {off} that {is} (usually) plunder; figuratively to {finish} or (intransitively) stop: - (be) covet ({-ous}) cut ({off}) {finish} {fulfill} gain ({greedily}) {get} be given to {[covetousness]} {greedy} {perform} be wounded.
In the Bible
Strong H1214G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cut3
- gain1
First verses
- Job 6:9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
- Isaiah 38:12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
- Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.