H5378: נָשָׁא
nâshâʼ · pronounced naw-shaw' · “to exact”
Definition
to lend on interest; by implication, to dun fordebt
KJV translates it as: [idiom] debt, exact, giver of usury.
Word origin: a primitive root (perhaps identical with H5377 (נָשָׁא), through the idea of imposition);
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) creditor (participle)
1b) (Hiphil) to act as a creditor
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5378 is translated
- a creditor ×2
- he will impose ×1
Bible verses with H5378 (nâshâʼ)
Nâshâʼ appears in 3 verses.
- 1 Samuel 22:2
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
- 1 Kings 8:31
If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
- Isaiah 24:2
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.