H1214 בָּצַע
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 16 KJV occurrences
בָּצַע
bâtsaʻ · baw-tsah'
Definition
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
KJV Renderings
(be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 16)
- Job 6:9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
- Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
- Proverbs 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Joel 2:8Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
- 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!