Strong's Definition
a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
KJV Usage: (be) covet(- ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּצַע (ba.tsa) — to cut off. : to cut off 1) to cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut off 1a2) to stop 1a3) to gain wrongfully or by violence 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cut off, sever 1b2) to finish, complete, accomplish 1b3) to violently make gain of
בָּצַע (ba.tsa) — to cut off: to end. : to end 1) to cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut off 1a2) to stop 1a3) to gain wrongfully or by violence 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cut off, sever 1b2) to finish, complete, accomplish 1b3) to violently make gain of
בָּצַע (ba.tsa) — to cut off: to gain. : to end 1) to cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut off 1a2) to stop 1a3) to gain wrongfully or by violence 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cut off, sever 1b2) to finish, complete, accomplish 1b3) to violently make gain of
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · בֶּצַע
Detach | verb qal, verb pi
to cut off, to break off = causative action by which someone severs a link between one object and a larger object of which it used to be a part
Complete | verb pi
to complete, to carry out, to finish = a causative process by which deities or humans bring a process to its end by completing it in its entirety
Dead | verb qal | ≈ שׁלה
to be cut off = process by which someone's life comes to an end, as if being cut off from the community of the living
Dead | verb pi
to cut off, to do away with = causative action by which a deity ends someone's life, as if cutting that person off from the community of the living
Non-Move | verb qal
to be stopped, to be halted exact meaning unsure; possibly: = process by which an event comes to a standstill because someone or something makes it impossible to continue
Wish | verb qal, verb pi | ≈ לקח נֶשֶׁךְ · לקח תַּרְבִּית · עשׂה שֶׁקֶר
to pursue unjust gain = pattern of actions by which someone makes an effort to get personal gain; ≈ with a negative connotation, of unjust gain
PSA 10:3 · PRO 1:19 · PRO 15:27 · JER 6:13 · JER 8:10 · EZK 22:12 · EZK 22:27 · HAB 2:9
1 JOL 2:8 RSV NRSV ESV "are halted" REB "halt" GNT "stop" CEV "retreat" | NIV NJB "breaking ranks" | NJPS "get hurt"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[בָּצַע] vb. cut off, break off, gain by violence Qal cut off, break off
Pi. cut off, (dis)sever; = finish, complete; accomplish (= carry out, fulfil); violently make gain of
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