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H1215 בֶּצַע (betsaʻ) beh'-tsah
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 1214; plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)

KJV Usage: covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בֶּ֫צַע (be.tsa) — unjust-gain. profit, unjust gain, gain (profit) acquired by violence

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun c · בצע

Objects | ≈ חַיִל · מַתָּנָה · שֹׁחַד

profit, gain, plunder, bribe = possessions accumulated through advantageous transactions, in which part of the income can be kept for oneself, mostly achieved in an unjust way

EXO 18:21 · JDG 5:19 · 1SA 8:3 · PSA 119:36 · PRO 1:19 · PRO 15:27 · PRO 28:16 · ISA 33:15 · ISA 56:11 · ISA 57:17 · JER 6:13 · JER 8:10 · JER 22:17 · EZK 22:13 · EZK 22:27 · EZK 33:31 · MIC 4:13 · HAB 2:9

Happen | ≈ חַיִל

profit, gain = possessions accumulated through advantageous transactions, in which part of the income can be kept for oneself as profit

GEN 37:26 · JOB 22:3 · PSA 30:10 · MAL 3:14

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בֶ֫צַע n.m. gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit base

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