בֶּצַע betsa
Hebrew word for “unjust-gain” · Strong’s H1215 · used 23 times in 23 verses
Meaning
profit, unjust gain, gain (profit) acquired by violence
How it is translated
Glosses given for betsa in context, with how often each is used:
- unjust gain 16
- profit 5
- own unjust gain 1
- cutting off 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 22 (2), Genesis 37 (1), Exodus 18 (1), Judges 5 (1), 1 Samuel 8 (1), Job 22 (1), Psalms 30 (1), Psalms 119 (1), Proverbs 1 (1), Proverbs 15 (1)
Forms
- בצע 14
- בצעך 3
- בצעם 2
- הבצע 1
- בבצע 1
- לבצעו 1
- בצעו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with betsa more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בָּצַע batsa “to cut off” 6
- דָּם dam “blood” 6
- מַעֲשַׁקָּה maashaqqah “oppression” 2
- שָׂנֵא sane “to hate” 3
- לֵב lev “heart” 4
- כַּף kaph “palm” 3
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 4
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 5
- שֹׁחַד shachad “bribe” 2
- רַב rav “many” 3
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 3
- קָטָן qatan “small” 2
Key verses
The verses using betsa that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of…
- Psalms 119:36 — Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
- Isaiah 33:15 — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth…
- Isaiah 56:11 — Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain,…
- Isaiah 57:17 — For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
- 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…
- Jeremiah 22:17 — But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth…
- Micah 4:13 — Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: 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 23 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.