betsa · gain, profit

What it means

betsa (בֶּצַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gain, profit”.

Often gain got by wrongdoing.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Profit, usually made by abuse.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• gain ×20
• profit is there ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Judges×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×2
• Proverbs×3
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×4
• Ezekiel×3
• Micah×1
• Habakkuk×1
• Malachi×1

• Genesis 37:26

  Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

• Exodus 18:21

  And you shall look for, from all the people, capable men, who fear Elohim, men of truth, who hate unjust gain; and place them over them as chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens.

• Judges 5:19

  Kings came, they fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; gain of silver they did not take.

• 1 Samuel 8:3

  But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

• Job 22:3

  Does Shaddai have an interest in your being righteous, or is it gain that you make blameless your ways?

• Psalms 30:9

  What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? Will the dust give you thanks? Will it declare your truth?

• Psalms 119:36

  Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to gain.

• Proverbs 1:19

  So are the paths of everyone greedy for unjust gain: it takes away the soul of its owners.

• Proverbs 15:27

  Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his household, but whoever hates gifts will live.

• Proverbs 28:16

  A prince lacking insight is also great in oppressions; whoever hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

• Isaiah 33:15

  He who walks in righteous deeds and speaks uprightly, who rejects the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding a bribe, who stops his ear from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,

• Isaiah 56:11

  And the dogs are strong of appetite, they do not know satisfaction; and they are shepherds who do not know how to understand; all of them have turned to their own way, each to his gain, without exception.

• Isaiah 57:17

  For the iniquity of his gain I was angry and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on wayward in the way of his heart.

• Jeremiah 6:13

  For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for gain; and from prophet even to priest, everyone practices falsehood.

• Jeremiah 8:10

  Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to new possessors; for from the least even to the greatest, everyone is greedy for gain; from prophet even to priest, everyone practices falsehood.

• Jeremiah 22:17

  But your eyes and your heart are on nothing except your unjust gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and extortion, to do them.

• Jeremiah 51:13

  You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your gain.

• Ezekiel 22:13

  And look, I have struck my palm at your gain that you have made, and at your blood that has been in your midst.

• Ezekiel 22:27

  Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get gain.

• Ezekiel 33:31

  And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they profess love, but after their gain their heart goes.

• Micah 4:13

  “Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for your horn I will make iron, and your hoofs I will make bronze, and you will crush many peoples; and you will devote completely to YHWH their gain, and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.”

• Habakkuk 2:9

  Woe to the one who gains evil gain for his house, to set on high his nest, to be delivered from the hand of evil!

• Malachi 3:14

  You have said, “It is vain to serve Elohim; and what profit is there that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked as mourners before YHWH Tsevaot?