בֶּצַע (beṣaʿ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning gain made by violence. It appears
23 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1215).
Also rendered
unjust-gain
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 267a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 267a)gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit; plunder, gain; covetousness, lucre
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בֶ֫צַעnoun, masculine: gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit
Strong's H1215בֶּצַע: plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust) KJV:covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 267: בָּצַעbāṣaʿ — cut off, break off, gain by violence; dis, sever, finish, complete, accomplish, violently make gain of; break, plunder, stop; covet, covetous, cut, fulfill, gain, get, be given to, greedy, perform, be wounded