Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5391: נָשַׁךְ

nâshak · pronounced naw-shak' · “to bite”

Definition

to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan

KJV translates it as: bite, lend upon usury.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

1) to bite
1a) (Qal) to bite
1b) (Piel) to bite

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5391 is translated

  • you will charge interest ×3
  • it will bite ×2
  • him ×2
  • one which bites ×1
  • they bit ×1
  • one who is bitten ×1
  • it had bitten ×1
  • someone will pay interest ×1
  • they will bite ×1
  • them ×1
  • bite ×1
  • you ×1

Bible verses with H5391 (nâshak)

Nâshak appears in 14 verses.

  • Genesis 49:17

    Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

  • Numbers 21:6

    And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

  • Numbers 21:8

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

  • Numbers 21:9

    And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

  • Deuteronomy 23:19

    Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

  • Deuteronomy 23:20

    Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

  • Proverbs 23:32

    At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:8

    He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:11

    Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

  • Jeremiah 8:17

    For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

  • Amos 5:19

    As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Amos 9:3

    And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

  • Micah 3:5

    Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

  • Habakkuk 2:7

    Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

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