Word Study · Strong's H5391 · Hebrew
נָשַׁךְ
nashak
naw-shak'
Strong's 1890 spelling: nâshak
“to strike with a sting (as a serpent)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
Rendered in the KJV as
bite, lend upon usury.
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְ1
- הַנֹּשֵׁךְ֙1
- הַנֹּשְׁכִ֤ים1
- וַֽיְנַשְּׁכ֖וּ1
- וְנִשְּׁכ֥וּ1
- וּנְשָׁכ֖וֹ1
- וּנְשָׁכָֽם׃1
- יִשָּׁ֑ךְ1
- יִשֹּׁ֥ךְ1
- יִשָּֽׁךְ׃1
- יִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּ1
- נָשַׁ֤ךְ1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 13
- you will charge interest3
- it will bite2
- [those who] pay interest to you1
- and it bites him1
- and it will bite them1
- and they bit1
- and they will bite1
- it had bitten1
- it will bite him1
- someone will pay interest1
- the [one which] bites1
- the [one who] is bitten1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 12
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular3
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular3
- Hc/Vpq3cp1
- Hc/Vpw3mp1
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3mp1
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVhi2ms · 3
- HVqi3ms · 3
- Hc/Vpq3cp · 1
- Hc/Vpw3mp · 1
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3mp · 1
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HTd/Vqrmpa · 1
- HTd/Vqrmsa · 1
- HTd/Vqsmsa · 1
- HVqi3ms/Sp3ms · 1
- HVqp3ms · 1
- HVqrmpc/Sp2ms · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy4 of 16 · 25%
- Numbers3 of 16 · 19%
- Ecclesiastes2 of 16 · 13%
- Amos2 of 16 · 13%
- Genesis1 of 16 · 6%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 21:6וַֽיְנַשְּׁכ֖וּvaynashekhuHc/Vpw3mpSo the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.here: and they bit
- Numbers 21:8הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְhanashukhthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singularThen the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”here: the [one who] is bitten
- Numbers 21:9נָשַׁ֤ךְnashakhverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSo Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.here: it had bitten
Deuteronomy4 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 23:19תַשִּׁ֣יךְtashikhverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularDo not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.here: you will charge interest
- Deuteronomy 23:19יִשָּֽׁךְ׃yishakhverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularDo not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.here: someone will pay interest
- Deuteronomy 23:20תַשִּׁ֔יךְtashikhverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.here: you will charge interest
- Deuteronomy 23:20תַשִּׁ֑יךְtashikhverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.here: you will charge interest
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 10:8יִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּyishekhenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.here: it will bite him
- Ecclesiastes 10:11יִשֹּׁ֥ךְyishokhverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularIf the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.here: it will bite
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 5:19וּנְשָׁכ֖וֹuneshakhoHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3msIt will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.here: and it bites him
- Amos 9:3וּנְשָׁכָֽם׃uneshakhamHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3mpThough they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.here: and it will bite them