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
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?