בָּצַע batsa
Hebrew word for “to cut off” · Strong’s H1214 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
: to end; 1) to cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy;
Senses in the lexicon
- to cut off: to gain (9)
- to cut off (4)
- to cut off: to end (3)
How it is translated
Glosses given for batsa in context, with how often each is used:
- one who gains unjustly 2
- gaining 2
- will finish 2
- one greedy for unjust gain 1
- has fulfilled 1
- have made unjust gain 1
- make unjust gain 1
- one who gains 1
- may he cut off 1
- will cut off 1
- cuts off 1
- break off 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 22 (2), Job 6 (1), Job 27 (1), Psalms 10 (1), Proverbs 1 (1), Proverbs 15 (1), Isaiah 10 (1), Isaiah 38 (1), Jeremiah 6 (1), Jeremiah 8 (1)
Forms
- בצע 5
- בוצע 2
- יבצע 2
- ובצע 1
- ותבצעי 1
- ויבצעני 1
- יבצעני 1
- ובצעם 1
- יבצעו 1
- תבצענה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with batsa more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בֶּצַע betsa “unjust-gain” 6
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 4
- אֱלֹהַּ eloah “god” 2
- אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 3
- קָטָן qatan “small” 2
- שֶׁקֶר sheqer “deception” 2
- שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 2
- עַד ad “till” 3
- מַעַן maan “because” 2
- נָבִיא navi “prophet” 2
- דָּם dam “blood” 2
- גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 2
Key verses
The verses using batsa that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Job 27:8 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
- Psalms 10:3 — For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
- Proverbs 15:27 — He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- Isaiah 10:12 — Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart…
- Isaiah 38:12 — Mine 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…
- Jeremiah 6:13 — For 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…
- Jeremiah 8:10 — Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to…
- Lamentations 2:17 — The 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:…
- Ezekiel 22:12 — In 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…
- Ezekiel 22:27 — Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
- Amos 9:1 — I 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…
- Habakkuk 2:9 — Woe 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!
See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.