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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - בָּצַע

בָּצַע

H1214

Transliteration: bâtsaʻ

Pronunciation: baw-tsah'

Definition: covet


Original: בּצע

Transliteration: bâtsa‛

Phonetic: baw-tsah'

BDB Definition:

  1. to cut off, break off, gain by unrighteous violence, get, finish, be covetous, be greedy
    1. (Qal)
      1. to cut off
      2. to stop
      3. to gain wrongfully or by violence
    2. (Piel)
      1. to cut off, sever
      2. to finish, complete, accomplish
      3. to violently make gain of

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 267

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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