# H4855 מַשָּׁא

מַשָּׁא (mashshâʼ), Strong’s H4855: a loan; by implication, interest on adebt KJV: exaction, usury.. Occurs 3 times.

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*mashshâʼ* — a loan; by implication, interest on adebt

KJV: exaction, usury.

Derived from [נָשָׁה nâshâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H5383) (to lend)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַשָּׁא n.m. lending on interest, or usury

## Where it occurs
- [Nehemiah 5:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/5?v=7) — Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury…
- [Nehemiah 5:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/5?v=10) — I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.
- [Nehemiah 10:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/10?v=32) — and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy from them on…