Hebrew verb · H5391
נָשַׁךְ
nashaknaw-shak'
to bite; to pay interest
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâshak
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5391is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5391
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
The King James renders it: bite, lend upon usury.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nashak is rendered "to bite; to pay interest". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Four of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to bite".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:17He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
Genesis 49:17הַנֹּשֵׁךְ֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's sixteen uses are in Deuteronomy.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to bite, and to pay interest.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to biteStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 49:17He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its… |
| to pay interestStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- you will charge interest3
- it will bite2
- and it bites him1
- and it will bite them1
- and they bit1
- and they will bite1
- it had bitten1
- it will bite him1
- pay interest to you1
- someone will pay interest1
- the bites1
- the is bitten1
and 1 more, 16 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְ1
- הַנֹּשֵׁךְ֙1
- הַנֹּשְׁכִ֤ים1
- וַֽיְנַשְּׁכ֖וּ1
- וְנִשְּׁכ֥וּ1
- וּנְשָׁכ֖וֹ1
- וּנְשָׁכָֽם׃1
- יִשָּׁ֑ךְ1
- יִשֹּׁ֥ךְ1
- יִשָּֽׁךְ׃1
- יִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּ1
- נָשַׁ֤ךְ1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhi2ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
- Hc/Vpq3cp1Hc/Vpq3cp
- Hc/Vpw3mp1Hc/Vpw3mp
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3mp1Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3mp
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HTd/Vqrmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HTd/Vqrmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular1HTd/Vqsmsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqrmpc/Sp2ms
Genesis
one use
He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
- הַנֹּשֵׁךְ֙hanoshekhthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the bites
Numbers
three uses
So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
- וַֽיְנַשְּׁכ֖וּvaynashekhuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they bit
Then 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.”
- הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְhanashukhthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: the is bitten
So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
- נָשַׁ֤ךְnashakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it had bitten
Deuteronomy
four uses
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
- תַשִּׁ֣יךְtashikhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will charge interest
- יִשָּֽׁךְ׃yishakhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone will pay interest
You 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.
- תַשִּׁ֔יךְtashikhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will charge interest
- תַשִּׁ֑יךְtashikhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will charge interest
Proverbs
one use
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
- יִשָּׁ֑ךְyishakhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will bite
Ecclesiastes
two uses
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
- יִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּyishekhenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will bite him
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
- יִשֹּׁ֥ךְyishokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will bite
Jeremiah
one use
“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
- וְנִשְּׁכ֥וּvenishekhuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will bite
Amos
two uses
It 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.
- וּנְשָׁכ֖וֹuneshakhoHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and it bites him
Though 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.
- וּנְשָׁכָֽם׃uneshakhamHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3mptagged: and it will bite them
Micah
one use
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
- הַנֹּשְׁכִ֤יםhanoshekhimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who bite
Habakkuk
one use
Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.
- נֹשְׁכֶ֔יךָnoshekheikhaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: pay interest to you
The letters
Gematria 370· 850 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.