Word Study · Strong's H4855 · Hebrew
מַשָּׁא
mashsha
mash-shaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mashshâʼ
“a loan”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a loan; by implication, interest on adebt
Rendered in the KJV as
exaction, usury.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הַמַּשָּׁ֥א1
- וּמַשָּׁ֥א1
- מַשָּׁ֥א1
How it is rendered · 3
- and usury of1
- the usury1
- usury1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 5:7מַשָּׁ֥אmasha'noun · masculine singularand after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against themhere: usury
- Nehemiah 5:10הַמַּשָּׁ֥אhamasha'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularI, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.here: the usury
- Nehemiah 10:31וּמַשָּׁ֥אumasha'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.here: and usury of