Word Study · Strong's H5378 · Hebrew

נָשָׁא

nasha

naw-shaw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: nâshâʼ

“to lend on interest”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to lend on interest; by implication, to dun fordebt

Rendered in the KJV as

[idiom] debt, exact, giver of usury.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
3 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

וְנָֽשָׁא־1
נֹשֶׁא֙1
נֹשֶׁ֥א1

How it is rendered · 2

a creditor2
and he will impose1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
Hc/Vqq3ms1

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HVqrmsa · 2
Hc/Vqq3ms · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Samuel1 of 3 · 33%
1 Kings1 of 3 · 33%
Isaiah1 of 3 · 33%

1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 22:2נֹשֶׁא֙noshe'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.here: a creditor

1 Kings1 occurrence

1 Kings 8:31וְנָֽשָׁא־venasha'-Hc/Vqq3msWhen a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,here: and he will impose

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 24:2נֹשֶׁ֥אnoshe'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: a creditor

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled נָשָׁא

H5377 · 16×

נָשָׁא

nasha

“to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce”

Read 1 Samuel 22:2 in context →