Lexical Definition

‎בָּצַע‎ bâtsaʻ (baw-tsah') to cut off ^H:V
a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder

(be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.

• figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop

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

See Greek: ἀδικέω · ἀναιρέω · ἐπέχω · ἐπιτελέω · πλεονεκτέω · συντελέω · συντελέω

Extended Information

• : to cut off

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בָּצַע‎] verb cut off, break off, gain by violence (so Late Hebrew, Arabic , Ethiopic Aramaic ‎בְּצַע‎) —

Qal Imperfect ‎יִבְצָ֑ע‎ Job 27:8, ‎יִבְצָ֑עוּ‎ Joel 2:8 Imperative suffix ‎בְּצָ֫עַם בְּרֹאשׁ‎ Amos 9:1 Infinitive ‎בְּצֹעַ‎ Ezek 22:27 Participle ‎בּוֺצֵעַ‎ Prov 15:27; Jer 6:13, ‎בֹּצֵעַ‎ Ps 10:3 + 3 t.; — cut off, break off (with accusative capitals of pillars) Amos 9:1 (but Lag^Prov. see vi ‎בְּצַעַם‎ = ‎בְּזַעַם‎ Hab 3:12 in wrath); so figurative Job 27:8 when Eloah cutteth off, draweth out, his soul; object omitted their course, i.e. stop Joel 2:8 (compare Hi-St); usually gain by violence or in general wrongfully Ezek 22:27 Participle absolute Ps 10:3 = greedy getter, robber; and with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎בֶּ֫צַע‎ Prov 1:19; Prov 15:27; Jer 6:13; Jer 8:10; Hab 2:9. Pi`el Perfect ‎בִּצַּע‎ Lam 2:17 Imperfect ‎יְבַצַּע‎ Isa 10:12 suffix ‎יְבַצְּעֵנִי‎ Isa 38:12; Job 6:9 2 feminine singular ‎וַתְּבַצְּעִי‎ Ezek 22:12 3 feminine plural ‎תְּבַצָּ֑עְנָה‎ Zech 4:9 — cut off, (dis) sever (i.e. from life) Job 6:9 compare Isa 10:19 (‎מִדַּלָּה‎); = finish, complete Isa 10:12; Zech 4:9 accomplish (= carry out, fulfil) Lam 2:17 (object ‎אמרתו‎); violently make gain of, object person Ezek 22:12 (instrumental ‎בּעשׁק‎).

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