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H4855 מַשָּׁא (mashshâʼ) mash-shaw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 5383; a loan; by implication, interest on a debt

KJV Usage: exaction, usury

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַשָּׁא (mash.sah) — interest. 1) lending on interest, usury 1a) in Ne 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · נשׁא

Objects

debt = money or other valuable objects that were borrowed from someone else and will need to be returned, which, under certain circumstances can become a heavy burden

NEH 5:7 · NEH 5:10 · NEH 10:32

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַשָּׁא n.m. lending on interest, or usury base

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