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בָּצַע
bâtsaʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H1214 · 16 occurrences
The KJV renders 15 different Hebrew and Greek words as “get”
What it means
figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
a primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder;
How the KJV renders it
covet, cut, finish, fulfill, gain, get, be given to, greedy, perform, be wounded
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“get”
“finish”
“perform”
“gain”
also renders poiéō (G4160), porismós (G4200), kerdaínō (G2770), prosergázomai (G4333), ergasía (G2039), kérdos (G2771), betsaʻ (H1215), zᵉban (H2084), tᵉbûwʼâh (H8393)
“covet”
also renders zēlóō (G2206), epithyméō (G1937), ʼâvâh (H183), châmad (H2530)
“cut”
also renders diapríō (G1282), katakóptō (G2629), châtsab (H2672), pâlach (H6398)
“fulfill”
“be wounded”
also renders chûwl (H2342), châlâh (H2470)
“be given to”
also renders proséchō (G4337)
Where it appears
16 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Amos 9:1 · HC/Vqv2ms/Sp3mp
I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, “Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake. Break them in pieces on the head of all of them. I will kill the last of them with the sword. Not one of them will flee away. Not one of them will escape.
Ezekiel 22:12 · HC/Vpw2fs
In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.
Ezekiel 22:27 · HVqc
Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
Habakkuk 2:9 · HVqrmsa
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
Isaiah 10:12 · HVpi3ms
Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant looks.
Isaiah 38:12 · HVpi3ms/Sp1cs
My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
Jeremiah 6:13 HVqrmsaJeremiah 8:10 HVqrmsaJob 6:9 HC/Vpi3ms/Sp1csJob 27:8 HVqi3msJoel 2:8 HVqi3mpLamentations 2:17 HVpp3msProverbs 1:19 HVqrmsaProverbs 15:27 HVqrmsaPsalm 10:3 HC/VqrmsaZechariah 4:9 HVpi3fp
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.