H5392 נֶשֶׁךְ
neshek — interest on a debt
KJV: usury.
Derived from נָשַׁךְ nâshak (to strike with a sting)
Occurs 12 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נֶ֫שֶׁךְ n.[m.] interest, usury (lit. something bitten off)
Where it occurs
- Exodus 22:24 — “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not…
- Leviticus 25:36 — Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.
- Leviticus 25:37 — You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
- Deuteronomy 23:20 — You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent…
- Ezekiel 18:8 — he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from…
- Ezekiel 18:13 — has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all…
- Ezekiel 18:17 — who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has…
- Ezekiel 22:12 — In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your…
- Psalms 15:5 — he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall…
- Proverbs 28:8 — He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.