בֶּצַע
betsaʻ · beh'-tsah
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1214 (בָּצַע);
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
- plunder
- by extension, gain (usually unjust)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
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 בֶּצַע 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- covetousness3 · 13%
- what profit2 · 9%
- of gain2 · 9%
- to covetousness2 · 9%
- no gain1 · 4%
- lucre1 · 4%
- or is it gain1 · 4%
- and not to covetousness1 · 4%
- the gain1 · 4%
- for his gain1 · 4%
- of his covetousness1 · 4%
- are not but for thy covetousness1 · 4%
- of thy covetousness1 · 4%
- at thy dishonest gain1 · 4%
- dishonest gain1 · 4%
- their covetousness1 · 4%
- their gain1 · 4%
- and what profit1 · 4%
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.