Lexical 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). |
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