{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1214",
  "lemma": "בָּצַע",
  "transliteration": "bâtsaʻ",
  "definition": "figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop",
  "kjv": "(be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to…",
  "occurrences": 16,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[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"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 10:12",
      "text": "Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/10?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 38:12",
      "text": "My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/38?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 6:13",
      "text": "“For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/6?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 8:10",
      "text": "Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/8?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 22:12",
      "text": "In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/22?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 22:27",
      "text": "Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/22?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joel 2:8",
      "text": "One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joel/2?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Amos 9:1",
      "text": "I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/9?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Habakkuk 2:9",
      "text": "Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/2?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Zechariah 4:9",
      "text": "“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you will know that…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/4?v=9"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1214",
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