Strong H5392נֶ֫שֶׁךְ
interest
- Transliteration
- neshek
- Pronunciation
- neh'-shek
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H5391; interest on a debt: - usury.
Detailed definition
interest, usury
In the Bible
Strong H5392 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- usury10
First verses
- Exodus 22:25If 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 25:36Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
- Leviticus 25:37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
- 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:
- Psalms 15:5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
- Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
- Ezekiel 18:8He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,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 18:13Hath 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 18:17That 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 22:12In 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.