Strong H53912 sensesנָשַׁךְ
to bite · to pay interest
- Transliteration
- nâshak
- Pronunciation
- naw-shak'
The 2 senses of Strong H5391
The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5391 appears in 14 verses of the KJV, all senses together.
General definition
A primitive root; to strike with a sting (as a serpent); {figuratively} to oppress with interest on a loan: - {bite} lend upon usury.
In the Bible
Translated in the KJV by
- bite6
- biteth2
- lend2
- bit2
- bitten1
- pass1
- usury1
First verses
- Genesis 49:17Dan 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 21:6And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Numbers 21:8And 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 21:9And 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 23:19Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
- Deuteronomy 23:20Unto 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 23:32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
- Jeremiah 8:17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
- Amos 5:19As 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 9:3And 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 3:5Thus 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 2:7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?