Unjust-gain
בֶּ֫צַעStrong’s H1215betsa (be-tsa)
Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Betsa is the Hebrew word usually translated “unjust gain”, “profit” and “unjust gain your”. It appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?”
Meaning
- Profit, unjust gain, gain (profit) acquired by violence
How it's translated
- unjust gain 10
- profit 4
- unjust gain your 2
- unjust gain their 2
- profit of 1
- unjust gain of 1
- to own unjust gain his 1
- unjust gain his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 4
- Proverbs 3
- Isaiah 3
- Ezekiel 3
- Psalms 2
- Genesis 1
13 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 18:21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
- Judges 5:19The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
- 1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
- Job 22:3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
- Psalms 30:9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
- Psalms 119:36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Hebrew dictionary
בֶּ֫צַע betsa · unjust-gain
profit, unjust gain, gain (profit) acquired by violence
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “profit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROF'IT, noun
[Latin profectus, proficio, to profit literally to proceed forward, to advance; pro and facio. The primary sense of facio is to urge or drive.
- In commerce, the advance in the price of goods sold beyond the cost of purchase.
- Any gain or pecuniary advantage; as an office of profit or honor.
- Any advantage; any accession of good from labor or exertion; an extensive signification, comprehending the acquisition of any thing valuable, corporeal or intellectual, temporal or spiritual.
All definitions and other forms of “profit”
PROF'IT, verb transitive
- To benefit; to advantage; applied to one's self, to derive some pecuniary interest or some accession of good from any thing; as, to profit one's self by a commercial undertaking, or by reading or instruction.“Brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you?” 1 Corinthians 14:6“Whereto might the strength of their hands profit me?” Job 30:2
- To improve; to advance.
PROF'IT, verb intransitive
To gain advantage in percuniary interest; as, to profit by trade or manufactures.
- To make improvement; to improve; to grow wiser or better; to advance in any thing useful; as, to profit by reading or by experience.
- To be of use or advantage; to bring good to.“Riches profit not in the day of wrath” Proverbs 11:4
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.