Strong's Concordance
Original word: בָּצַע
Transliteration: batsa
Definition (short): greedy
Definition (full): to cut off, break off, gain by violence
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to cut off, break off, gain by violence
NASB Translation: accomplished (1), break (1), break ranks (1), completed (1), cut me off (1), cut off (1), cuts me off (1), finish (1), gains by violence (1), get dishonest (1), gets (1), greedy (2), greedy man (1), injured your for gain (1), profits (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop -- (be) covet(- ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
References
KJV:
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
NASB:
"Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
KJV:
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
NASB:
"For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life?
KJV:
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
NASB:
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the LORD.