King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5392
Transliteration: neshek
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-shek)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: interest, usury
Meaning: interest on a, debt
Word Summary
neshek: interest, usury
Original Word: נֶשֶׁךְTransliteration: neshek
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-shek)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: interest, usury
Meaning: interest on a, debt
Strong's Concordance
usury From nashak; interest on a debt -- usury.
see HEBREW nashak
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5392. neshek
נֶ֫שֶׁךְ noun [masculine] interest, usury (literally something bitten off); — ׳נ absolute Exodus 22:24 +; construct Deuteronomy 23:20; — with עַלֿ שִׂים Exodus 22:24 (E); with מִן לָקַח Leviticus 25:36, מִן הֵשִׁיב Ezekiel 18:17, לָקַח 22:12 (no preposition), בְּנֶשֶׁךְ Leviticus 25:37 at interest, so Psalm 15:5; Ezekiel 18:8, 13; ׳בְּנ Proverbs 28:8 by usury; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Deuteronomy 23:20 (3 t. in verse).