Batsa means “finish” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1214 — demas in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1214 בָּצַע (batsa`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. batsa` (baw-tsah') v. 1. figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop [a primitive root to break off; (usually) plunder] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include gain, off, gained, fulfilled, and cut. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
batsa` (baw-tsah') v. 1. figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop [a primitive root to break off; (usually) plunder] KJV: (be) covet(- ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
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to cut off
Usage: : 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render batsa`, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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16 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1214.
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1214, grouped by book.
Batsa (Strong's H1214) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "finish". batsa` (baw-tsah') v. 1. figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop [a primitive root to break off; (usually) plunder]
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H1214 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1214 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as gain, off, gained, fulfilled, cut, and coveteth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.