Word Study · Strong's H5383 · Hebrew
נָשָׁה
nashah
naw-shaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nâshâh
“to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
Rendered in the KJV as
creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer, lend on (taker on) usury.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- נֹשִׁ֥ים2
- וְהַ֨נֹּשֶׁ֔ה1
- יַשֶּׁ֖ה1
- כְּנֹשֶׁ֑ה1
- כַּנֹּשֶׁ֕ה1
- מִנּוֹשַׁ֔י1
- נ֭וֹשֶׁה1
- נֹשֶׁ֣ה1
- נָֽשׁוּ־1
- נָשִׁ֥יתִי1
- תַשֶּׁ֥ה1
How it is rendered · 10
- [are] lending3
- [is one] of creditors my1
- a creditor1
- and the creditor1
- as the creditor1
- he will lend1
- I have lent1
- like a creditor1
- people have lent1
- you will lend1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural2
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqrmpa · 2
- HVqrmsa · 2
- HC/Td/Vqrmsa · 1
- HR/Vqrmpc/Sp1bs · 1
- HR/Vqrmsa · 1
- HRd/Vqrmsa · 1
- HVhi2ms · 1
- HVhi3ms · 1
- HVqp1cs · 1
- HVqp3cp · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy3 of 12 · 25%
- Nehemiah2 of 12 · 17%
- Isaiah2 of 12 · 17%
- Jeremiah2 of 12 · 17%
- Exodus1 of 12 · 8%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 15:2יַשֶּׁ֖הyashehverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThis is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.here: he will lend
- Deuteronomy 24:10תַשֶּׁ֥הtashehverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularWhen you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.here: you will lend
- Deuteronomy 24:11נֹשֶׁ֣הnoshehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYou are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.here: [are] lending
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 5:10נֹשִׁ֥יםnoshimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralI, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.here: [are] lending
- Nehemiah 5:11נֹשִׁ֥יםnoshimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralPlease restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”here: [are] lending
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 24:2כַּנֹּשֶׁ֕הkanoshehpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularpeople and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.here: as the creditor
- Isaiah 50:1מִנּוֹשַׁ֔יminoshaipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThis is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.here: [is one] of creditors my
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 15:10נָשִׁ֥יתִיnashitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularWoe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.here: I have lent
- Jeremiah 15:10נָֽשׁוּ־nashu-verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralWoe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.here: people have lent
Same headword in Strong's