H1215 בֶּצַע
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 23 KJV occurrences
בֶּצַע
betsaʻ · beh'-tsah
Definition
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
KJV Renderings
covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
Derivation / Etymology
from H1214 (בָּצַע);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 23)
- Genesis 37:26And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
- Judges 5:19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
- Psalms 30:9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
- Proverbs 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
- Isaiah 56:11Yea, 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, from his quarter.
- 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 22:13¶ Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
- Micah 4:13Arise 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 consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.