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נֶ֫שֶׁךְ

ne.shekhinterestHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine12 occurrences6 books10 verses

Definition

from H5391; interest on a debt
Traditional renderings: usury.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נֶ֫שֶׁךְ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. Exodus 22:25נֶֽשֶׁךְ׃ · interest
    If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
  2. Leviticus 25:36נֶ֣שֶׁךְ · any interest
    Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
  3. Leviticus 25:37בְּנֶ֑שֶׁךְ · at interest
    You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.
  4. Deuteronomy 23:19נֶ֥שֶׁךְ · interest; נֶ֣שֶׁךְ; נֶ֕שֶׁךְ
    Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
  5. Psalm 15:5בְּנֶשֶׁךְ֮ · interest
    …who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
  6. Proverbs 28:8בְּנֶ֣שֶׁךְ · by interest
    He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
  7. Ezekiel 18:8בַּנֶּ֣שֶׁךְ · in usury
    He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
  8. Ezekiel 18:13בַּנֶּ֧שֶׁךְ · in usury
    He 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.
  9. Ezekiel 18:17נֶ֤שֶׁךְ · interest
    He 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.
  10. Ezekiel 22:12נֶ֧שֶׁךְ · in usury
    In 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.