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Hebrew

To cut off

בָּצַעStrong’s H1214

batsa (ba-tsa)

Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Batsa is the Hebrew word usually translated “gains unjustly”, “gaining” and “may he cut off me”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.”
Zechariah 4:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. To cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy(Qal) · (Piel)
How it's translated
  • gains unjustly 2
  • gaining 2
  • and may he cut off me 1
  • he will cut off 1
  • and greedy for unjust gain 1
  • he will finish 1
  • he cuts off me 1
  • he has fulfilled 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Job 2
  • Proverbs 2
  • Isaiah 2
  • Jeremiah 2
  • Ezekiel 2
  • Psalms 1

11 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 16 verses, by book
Job 2
6:927:8
Psalms 1
10:3
Proverbs 2
1:1915:27
Isaiah 2
10:1238:12
Jeremiah 2
6:138:10
Lamentations 1
2:17
Ezekiel 2
22:1222:27
Joel 1
2:8
Amos 1
9:1
Habakkuk 1
2:9
Zechariah 1
4:9
Hebrew dictionary

בָּצַע batsa · to cut off

: to cut off 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

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “gain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GAIN, verb transitive

[Heb. to gain to possess.]

  1. To obtain by industry or the employment of capital; to get as profit or advantage; to acquire.“What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Matthew 16:26
  2. To win; to obtain by superiority or success; as, to gain a battle or a victory; to gain a prize; to gain a cause in law.
  3. To obtain; to acquire; to procure; to receive; as, to gain favor; to gain reputation.
  4. To obtain an increase of anything; as, to gain time.
All definitions and other forms of “gain”
  1. To obtain or receive anything, good or bad; as, to gain harm and loss. Acts 27:21
  2. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.“If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother” Matthew 18:15
  3. To obtain as a suitor.
  4. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.

GAIN, verb intransitive

To have advantage or profit; to grow rich; to advance in interest or happiness.

  1. “Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion” Ezekiel 22:12
  2. To encroach; to advance on; to come forward by degrees; with on; as, the ocean or river gains on the land.
  3. To advance nearer; to gain ground on; with on; as, a fleet horse gains on his competitor.
  4. To get ground; to prevail against or have the advantage.
  5. To obtain influence with.

GAIN, noun

Profit; interest; something obtained as an advantage.

  1. “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ” Philippians 3:7
  2. Unlawful advantage. 2 Corinthians 12:17
  3. Overplus in computation; any thing opposed to loss.

GAIN, noun

In architecture, a beveling shoulder; a lapping of timbers, or the cut that is made for receiving a timber.

    GAIN, adjective

    Handy; dexterous.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.