Strong G5110τόκος
interest
- Transliteration
- tokos
- Pronunciation
- tok'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the base of G5088; interest on money loaned (as a produce): - usury.
Detailed definition
τόκος, -ου, ὁ
(τίκτω), [in LXX for נֶשֶׁךְ, etc.;]
__(a) a bringing forth, birth;
__(b) offspring. Metaphorical, of the produce of money lent out, interest, usury (cf. Merch. of Venice, I, iii, "a breed of barren metal "): Mat.25:27, Luk.19:23 (Soph., Plat., al.).†
(AS)
(τίκτω), [in LXX for נֶשֶׁךְ, etc.;]
__(a) a bringing forth, birth;
__(b) offspring. Metaphorical, of the produce of money lent out, interest, usury (cf. Merch. of Venice, I, iii, "a breed of barren metal "): Mat.25:27, Luk.19:23 (Soph., Plat., al.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5110 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- usury2
First verses
- Matthew 25:27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
- Luke 19:23Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
τόκος, ὁ,
(τίκτω) childbirth, parturition, of women, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.119, “hymnus ad Cererem” 101, “IG” 42(1).121.15,17 (Epid., 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.53)]; of animals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.5; πλὴν ὅταν τ. παρῇ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 477; ποιεῖσθαι τὸν τ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 542a25, etc.: _plural_, τόκοισί τε ἀγόνοις γυναικῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 26, compare 173 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1031, etc.)]
b the time of parturition, ὁ τ. τῆς γυναικός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111)]; period of gestation, ἐνιαύσιος ὁ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 777b13.)]
c ἡ φύσις τοῦ παιδίου τοῦ ἐν τόκῳ in the foetal stage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Nat.Puer.” at Title Page (as cited in “Mul.” 1.1).)]
II offspring, of men or animals, πάντων Ἀργείων ἐρέων γενεήν τε τόκον τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.128, compare 15.141)]; of an eagle, ἐλθὼν ἐξ ὄρεος, ὅθι οἱ γενεή τε τόκος τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.175; μήλων τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 162)]; Οἰδίπον τ. his son, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 372, compare 407, etc.)] (but also, daughter, θεὰ γεγῶσα καὶ θεοῦ πατρὸς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” [1254]))]; fry of fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 543a4)]; litter of pigs, πασῶν τῶν συῶν ἀπὸ τόκου χοῖρον λαμβάνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 15.5.)]
II.2 metaphorically, produce of money lent, hence interest [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 477 (punningly), 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 555e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1258b5), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).9, etc.; τ. ἐπίτριτος, see entry.; τ. πεντώβολος interest at 5)] obols per month on the mina, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2).146 B 17 (Delos, 4th c.BC))]; τ. πεντεκαιδέκατος, i. e. 100/15 = 6 2/3%, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 672.23 (Delph., 2nd c.BC))]; singular and plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.324.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 18, 20, 34, etc.; τόκους ἀποδοῦναι [prev. work] 739, etc.)]; κομίζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus [same place], “PEnteux.” 32.13 (3rd c.BC))]; λαμβάνειν ἀπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.35; ἀπολαμβάνειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 17.3; δανείζειν ἐπὶ τόκῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 742c; ὀφείλειν ἐπὶ τόκῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.7; τόκοι τόκων)]compound interest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1156; τόκος τόκου 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 10.10; τῶν τόκων ἔχων τόκους 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 870:— 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus)] plays on the double meaning of the word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Th.” 843f; so also 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507a, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.433e.)]
II.3 metaphorically, interest, [γῄδιον] ὅτι λάβοι σπέρμα.. δικαίως ἀπεδίδου αὐτό τε καὶ τόκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.38, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 231, 88.10; οἱ δ᾽ εἰς τὸ γῆρας ἀναβολὰς ποιούμενοι, οὗτοι προσαποτίνουσι τοῦ χρόνου τόκους 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 235.9)]; offspring, ἢ τίκτων λόγους ἢ τὸν ἑτέρων τόκον λαμβάνων [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 12.94)]; bringing forth, [Refs ([prev. work] 17.38.)]
II.4 oppression, as translation of Hebrew τōκη, [LXX (LXX.Psa.71(72).14, LXX.Jer.9.6.)]
(τίκτω) childbirth, parturition, of women, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.119, “hymnus ad Cererem” 101, “IG” 42(1).121.15,17 (Epid., 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.53)]; of animals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.5; πλὴν ὅταν τ. παρῇ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 477; ποιεῖσθαι τὸν τ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 542a25, etc.: _plural_, τόκοισί τε ἀγόνοις γυναικῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 26, compare 173 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1031, etc.)]
b the time of parturition, ὁ τ. τῆς γυναικός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111)]; period of gestation, ἐνιαύσιος ὁ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 777b13.)]
c ἡ φύσις τοῦ παιδίου τοῦ ἐν τόκῳ in the foetal stage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Nat.Puer.” at Title Page (as cited in “Mul.” 1.1).)]
II offspring, of men or animals, πάντων Ἀργείων ἐρέων γενεήν τε τόκον τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.128, compare 15.141)]; of an eagle, ἐλθὼν ἐξ ὄρεος, ὅθι οἱ γενεή τε τόκος τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.175; μήλων τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 162)]; Οἰδίπον τ. his son, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 372, compare 407, etc.)] (but also, daughter, θεὰ γεγῶσα καὶ θεοῦ πατρὸς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” [1254]))]; fry of fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 543a4)]; litter of pigs, πασῶν τῶν συῶν ἀπὸ τόκου χοῖρον λαμβάνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 15.5.)]
II.2 metaphorically, produce of money lent, hence interest [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 477 (punningly), 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 35, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 555e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1258b5), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).9, etc.; τ. ἐπίτριτος, see entry.; τ. πεντώβολος interest at 5)] obols per month on the mina, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2).146 B 17 (Delos, 4th c.BC))]; τ. πεντεκαιδέκατος, i. e. 100/15 = 6 2/3%, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 672.23 (Delph., 2nd c.BC))]; singular and plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.324.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 18, 20, 34, etc.; τόκους ἀποδοῦναι [prev. work] 739, etc.)]; κομίζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus [same place], “PEnteux.” 32.13 (3rd c.BC))]; λαμβάνειν ἀπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.35; ἀπολαμβάνειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 17.3; δανείζειν ἐπὶ τόκῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 742c; ὀφείλειν ἐπὶ τόκῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.7; τόκοι τόκων)]compound interest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1156; τόκος τόκου 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 10.10; τῶν τόκων ἔχων τόκους 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 870:— 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus)] plays on the double meaning of the word, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Th.” 843f; so also 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507a, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.433e.)]
II.3 metaphorically, interest, [γῄδιον] ὅτι λάβοι σπέρμα.. δικαίως ἀπεδίδου αὐτό τε καὶ τόκον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.38, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 231, 88.10; οἱ δ᾽ εἰς τὸ γῆρας ἀναβολὰς ποιούμενοι, οὗτοι προσαποτίνουσι τοῦ χρόνου τόκους 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 235.9)]; offspring, ἢ τίκτων λόγους ἢ τὸν ἑτέρων τόκον λαμβάνων [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 12.94)]; bringing forth, [Refs ([prev. work] 17.38.)]
II.4 oppression, as translation of Hebrew τōκη, [LXX (LXX.Psa.71(72).14, LXX.Jer.9.6.)]