H5392 - נֶשֶׁךְ (neshek)

H5392 נֶשֶׁךְ (neshek) neh'-shek

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

interest

Strong's Definition

interest on a debt

Derivation: from H5391 (נָשַׁךְ);

KJV Usage: usury.

TWOT Reference: 1430a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) interest, usury

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5110

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

interest, usury

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נֶשֶׁךְ neshek BDB Definition: 1) interest, usury Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5391 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1430a Total KJV Occurrences: 12

Bible Occurrences (10)

22:25

25:36 25:37

23:19

15:5

28:8

18:8 18:13 18:17 22:12

Exodus 22:25

If you lend money to [one of] My people among you [who is] poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge... him interest.

Leviticus 25:36

Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

Leviticus 25:37

You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.

Deuteronomy 23:19

Do not charge your brother interest on money,... food,... or any other type of loan.

Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

Ezekiel 18:8

He does not engage in usury [or] take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity... [and] executes true justice between men....

Ezekiel 18:13

He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will [this son] live? He will not...! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die...; his blood will be on his own head.

Ezekiel 18:17

He withholds his hand {from harming} the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live....