Word Study · Strong's H5392 · Hebrew
נֶשֶׁךְ
neshek
neh'-shek
“interest on a debt”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
interest on a debt
Rendered in the KJV as
usury.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- נֶ֣שֶׁךְ2
- בְּנֶשֶׁךְ֮1
- בְּנֶ֑שֶׁךְ1
- בְּנֶ֣שֶׁךְ1
- בַּנֶּ֣שֶׁךְ1
- בַּנֶּ֧שֶׁךְ1
- נֶ֥שֶׁךְ1
- נֶ֕שֶׁךְ1
- נֶ֤שֶׁךְ1
- נֶ֧שֶׁךְ1
- נֶֽשֶׁךְ׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- interest4
- interest of3
- for interest2
- for the interest2
- by interest1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 4
- HNcmsc · 3
- HR/Ncmsa · 3
- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel4 of 12 · 33%
- Deuteronomy3 of 12 · 25%
- Leviticus2 of 12 · 17%
- Exodus1 of 12 · 8%
- Psalms1 of 12 · 8%
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Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 25:36נֶ֣שֶׁךְneshekhnoun · masculine singularDo not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.here: interest
- Leviticus 25:37בְּנֶ֑שֶׁךְbeneshekhpreposition + noun · masculine singularYou must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.here: for interest
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 23:19נֶ֥שֶׁךְneshekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.here: interest of
- Deuteronomy 23:19נֶ֣שֶׁךְneshekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.here: interest of
- Deuteronomy 23:19נֶ֕שֶׁךְneshekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.here: interest of
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 18:8בַּנֶּ֣שֶׁךְbaneshekhpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHe does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.here: for the interest
- Ezekiel 18:13בַּנֶּ֧שֶׁךְbaneshekhpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHe engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.here: for the interest
- Ezekiel 18:17נֶ֤שֶׁךְneshekhnoun · masculine singularHe withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.here: interest
- Ezekiel 22:12נֶ֧שֶׁךְneshekhnoun · masculine singularIn you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.here: interest