בָּצַע
bâtsaʻ · baw-tsah'
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder;
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to pursue the straight path › to see and know
The house, what is within that works to pursue the straight path that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּצַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and cut me off1 · 6%
- though he hath gained1 · 6%
- the covetous1 · 6%
- of every one that is greedy1 · 6%
- he that is greedy1 · 6%
- hath performed1 · 6%
- he will cut me off1 · 6%
- of them every one is given1 · 6%
- is given1 · 6%
- he hath fulfilled1 · 6%
- and thou hast greedily gained1 · 6%
- to get1 · 6%
- they shall not be wounded1 · 6%
- and cut1 · 6%
- to him that coveteth1 · 6%
- shall also finish1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.