Strong H1214H1214Iבָּצַע
to cut off: to gain
One of the 3 senses of Strong H1214
- Transliteration
- bâtsa‛
- Pronunciation
- baw-tsah'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
: to end
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 H1214I appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- give2
- greedy2
- coveteth1
- covetous1
- fulfil1
- gain1
- get1
First verses
- Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
- Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- Proverbs 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- Jeremiah 6:13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
- Jeremiah 8:10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
- Lamentations 2:17The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
- Ezekiel 22:12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 22:27Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
- Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!