# H1215 בֶּצַע

בֶּצַע (betsaʻ), Strong’s H1215: plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust) KJV: covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.. Occurs 23 times.

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*betsaʻ* — plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)

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

Derived from [בָּצַע bâtsaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H1214) (figuratively, to finish)

Occurs 23 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בֶ֫צַע n.m. gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 37:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=26) — Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
- [Exodus 18:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=21) — Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place…
- [Judges 5:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/5?v=19) — “The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder…
- [1 Samuel 8:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/8?v=3) — His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
- [Isaiah 33:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/33?v=15) — He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands…
- [Isaiah 56:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/56?v=11) — Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to…
- [Isaiah 57:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/57?v=17) — I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him. I hid myself and was angry; and he went on…
- [Jeremiah 6:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/6?v=13) — “For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest…
- [Jeremiah 8:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/8?v=10) — Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the…
- [Jeremiah 22:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/22?v=17) — But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing…