H5378 נָשָׁא

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences

נָשָׁא

nâshâʼ · naw-shaw'

Definition

to lend on interest; by implication, to dun fordebt

KJV Renderings

[idiom] debt, exact, giver of usury.

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root (perhaps identical with H5377 (נָשָׁא), through the idea of imposition);

KJV Verses (4)

1 Samuel 22:2And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Nehemiah 5:7Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
Psalms 89:22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
Isaiah 24:2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.