H4855: מַשָּׁא
mashshâʼ · pronounced mash-shaw' · “interest”
Definition
a loan; by implication, interest on adebt
KJV translates it as: exaction, usury.
Word origin: from H5383 (נָשָׁה);
Extended definition
1a) in <ref="Neh.5.11">Ne 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4855 is translated
- usury ×2
- usury of ×1
Bible verses with H4855 (mashshâʼ)
Mashshâʼ appears in 3 verses.
- Nehemiah 5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
- Nehemiah 5:10
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
- Nehemiah 10:31
And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.