H5392: נֶשֶׁךְ
neshek · pronounced neh'-shek · “interest”
Definition
interest on a debt
KJV translates it as: usury.
Word origin: from H5391 (נָשַׁךְ);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5392 is translated
- interest ×9
- interest of ×3
Bible verses with H5392 (neshek)
Neshek appears in 10 verses.
- Exodus 22:25
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
- Leviticus 25:36
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
- Leviticus 25:37
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
- 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:
- Psalms 15:5
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
- Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
- Ezekiel 18:8
He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
- Ezekiel 18:13
Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
- Ezekiel 18:17
That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
- Ezekiel 22:12
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.