H1215Noun, masculine23 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 37:26בֶּצַע
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
- Psalm 30:9בֶּצַע
“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- Proverbs 1:19בָּצַע
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
- Isaiah 57:17בִּצְעוֹ
I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
- Jeremiah 6:13בָּצַע
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Ezekiel 22:13בִּצְעֵךְ
Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
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Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.