1214. batsa
Strong's Concordance
batsa: to cut off, break off, gain by violence
Original Word: בָּצַע
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: batsa
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-tsah')
Short Definition: greedy
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[בָּצַע] verb cut off, break off, gain by violence (so Late Hebrew, Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic בְּצַע) —

Qal Imperfect יִבְצָ֑ע Job 27:8, יִבְצָ֑עוּ Joel 2:8; Imperative suffix בְּצָ֫עַם בְּרֹאשׁ Amos 9:1; Infinitive בְּצֹעַ Ezekiel 22:27; Participle בּוֺצֵעַ Proverbs 15:27; Jeremiah 6:13, בֹּצֵעַ Psalm 10:3 3t.; — cut off, break off (with accusative capitals of pillars) Amos 9:1 (but LagProv. see vi בְּצַעַם = בְּזַעַם Habakkuk 3:12 in wrath); so figurative Job 27:8 when Eloah cutteth off, draweth out, his soul; object omitted their course, i.e. stop Joel 2:8 (compare Hi-St); usually gain by violence or in General wrongfully Ezekiel 22:27; Participle absolute Psalm 10:3 = greedy getter, robber; and with accusative of congnate meaning with verb בֶּ֫צַע Proverbs 1:19; Proverbs 15:27; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:10; Habakkuk 2:9.

Pi`el Perfect בִּצַּע Lamentations 2:17; Imperfect יְבַצַּע Isaiah 10:12; suffix יְבַצְּעֵנִי Isaiah 38:12; Job 6:9; 2feminine singular וַתְּבַצְּעִי Ezekiel 22:12; 3feminine plural תְּבַצָּ֑עְנָה Zechariah 4:9; — cut off, (dis) sever (i.e. from life) Job 6:9 compare Isaiah 10:19 (מִדַּלָּה); = finish, complete Isaiah 10:12; Zechariah 4:9; accomplish (= carry out, fulfil) Lamentations 2:17 (object אמרתו); violently make gain of, object person Ezekiel 22:12 (instrumental בּעשׁק).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
be covetous, cut off, finish, fulfill, gain greedily, be given to covetousness, greedy,

A primitive root to break off, i.e. (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.

Forms and Transliterations
בְּצֹ֥עַ בִּצְעָ֔ם בִּצַּ֤ע בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ בֹּצֵ֛עַ בֹּצֵ֣עַ בּוֹצֵ֣עַ בוצע בצע בצעם וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃ וַתְּבַצְּעִ֤י וּבְצַ֙עַם֙ וּבֹצֵ֥עַ ובצע ובצעם ויבצעני׃ ותבצעי יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי יְבַצַּ֤ע יִבְצָ֑ע יִבְצָֽעוּ׃ יבצע יבצעו׃ יבצעני תְּבַצַּ֑עְנָה תבצענה bə·ṣō·a‘ bəṣōa‘ beTzoa biṣ‘ām biṣ·‘ām biṣ·ṣa‘ biṣṣa‘ bitzAm bitzTza bō·ṣê·a‘ bō·w·ṣê·a‘ bōṣêa‘ Botzea bōwṣêa‘ tə·ḇaṣ·ṣa‘·nāh təḇaṣṣa‘nāh tevatzTzanah ū·ḇə·ṣa·‘am ū·ḇō·ṣê·a‘ ūḇəṣa‘am ūḇōṣêa‘ uveTzaam uvoTzea vattevatztzeI VivatztzeEni wat·tə·ḇaṣ·ṣə·‘î wattəḇaṣṣə‘î wî·ḇaṣ·ṣə·‘ê·nî wîḇaṣṣə‘ênî yə·ḇaṣ·ṣa‘ yə·ḇaṣ·ṣə·‘ê·nî yəḇaṣṣa‘ yəḇaṣṣə‘ênî yevatzTza yevatztzeEni yiḇ·ṣā‘ yiḇ·ṣā·‘ū yiḇṣā‘ yiḇṣā‘ū yivTza yivTzau
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bə·ṣō·a‘ — 1 Occ.
biṣ·‘ām — 1 Occ.
biṣ·ṣa‘ — 1 Occ.
bō·ṣê·a‘ — 5 Occ.
tə·ḇaṣ·ṣa‘·nāh — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ṣa·‘am — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇō·ṣê·a‘ — 1 Occ.
wat·tə·ḇaṣ·ṣə·‘î — 1 Occ.
wî·ḇaṣ·ṣə·‘ê·nî — 1 Occ.
yə·ḇaṣ·ṣa‘ — 1 Occ.
yə·ḇaṣ·ṣə·‘ê·nî — 1 Occ.
yiḇ·ṣā‘ — 1 Occ.
yiḇ·ṣā·‘ū — 1 Occ.

Job 6:9
HEB: יַתֵּ֥ר יָ֝ד֗וֹ וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃
NAS: His hand and cut me off!
KJV: his hand, and cut me off!
INT: loose his hand and cut

Job 27:8
HEB: חָ֭נֵף כִּ֣י יִבְצָ֑ע כִּ֤י יֵ֖שֶׁל
NAS: when he is cut off, When
KJV: of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God
INT: of the godless When is cut When requires

Psalm 10:3
HEB: תַּאֲוַ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּבֹצֵ֥עַ בֵּ֝רֵ֗ךְ נִ֘אֵ֥ץ ׀
NAS: desire, And the greedy man curses
KJV: and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD
INT: desire of his heart's and the greedy curses spurns

Proverbs 1:19
HEB: אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־ בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ בָּ֑צַע אֶת־
NAS: of everyone who gains by violence;
KJV: So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
INT: are the ways of everyone gains violence the life

Proverbs 15:27
HEB: עֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ בּוֹצֵ֣עַ בָּ֑צַע וְשׂוֹנֵ֖א
NAS: He who profits illicitly troubles
KJV: He that is greedy of gain troubleth
INT: troubles house profits illicitly hates

Isaiah 10:12
HEB: וְהָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־ יְבַצַּ֤ע אֲדֹנָי֙ אֶת־
NAS: the Lord has completed all
KJV: Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work
INT: will be that when has completed the Lord all

Isaiah 38:12
HEB: חַיַּי֙ מִדַּלָּ֣ה יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־
NAS: up my life. He cuts me off from the loom;
KJV: my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness:
INT: my life the loom cuts day until

Jeremiah 6:13
HEB: גְּדוֹלָ֔ם כֻּלּ֖וֹ בּוֹצֵ֣עַ בָּ֑צַע וּמִנָּבִיא֙
NAS: of them, Everyone is greedy for gain,
KJV: of them even unto the greatest of them every one [is] given to covetousness;
INT: to the greatest Everyone is greedy gain the prophet

Jeremiah 8:10
HEB: גָּד֔וֹל כֻּלֹּ֖ה בֹּצֵ֣עַ בָּ֑צַע מִנָּבִיא֙
NAS: Everyone is greedy for gain;
KJV: even unto the greatest is given to covetousness,
INT: to the greatest Everyone is greedy gain the prophet

Lamentations 2:17
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר זָמָ֗ם בִּצַּ֤ע אֶמְרָתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: He purposed; He has accomplished His word
KJV: [that] which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word
INT: what purposed has accomplished his word Which

Ezekiel 22:12
HEB: וְתַרְבִּ֣ית לָקַ֗חַתְּ וַתְּבַצְּעִ֤י רֵעַ֙יִךְ֙ בַּעֹ֔שֶׁק
NAS: and profits, and you have injured your neighbors
KJV: and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours
INT: and profits have taken have injured your neighbors oppression

Ezekiel 22:27
HEB: נְפָשׁ֔וֹת לְמַ֖עַן בְּצֹ֥עַ בָּֽצַע׃
NAS: lives in order to get dishonest gain.
KJV: souls, to get dishonest gain.
INT: lives order to get gain

Joel 2:8
HEB: יִפֹּ֖לוּ לֹ֥א יִבְצָֽעוּ׃
NAS: the defenses, They do not break ranks.
KJV: upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
INT: burst not break

Amos 9:1
HEB: וְיִרְעֲשׁ֣וּ הַסִּפִּ֗ים וּבְצַ֙עַם֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ כֻּלָּ֔ם
NAS: will shake, And break them on the heads
KJV: may shake: and cut them in the head,
INT: will shake the thresholds and break the heads all

Micah 4:13
HEB: וְהַחֲרַמְתִּ֤י לַֽיהוָה֙ בִּצְעָ֔ם וְחֵילָ֖ם לַאֲד֥וֹן
INT: you may devote to the LORD covet and their wealth the Lord

Habakkuk 2:9
HEB: ה֗וֹי בֹּצֵ֛עַ בֶּ֥צַע רָ֖ע
NAS: Woe to him who gets evil gain
KJV: Woe to him that coveteth an evil
INT: Woe gets gain evil

Zechariah 4:9
HEB: הַזֶּ֖ה וְיָדָ֣יו תְּבַצַּ֑עְנָה וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ כִּֽי־
NAS: and his hands will finish [it]. Then you will know
KJV: his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know
INT: of this and his hands will finish will know that

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