{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5392",
  "lemma": "נֶשֶׁךְ",
  "transliteration": "neshek",
  "definition": "interest on a debt",
  "kjv": "usury.",
  "occurrences": 12,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5391",
      "lemma": "נָשַׁךְ",
      "transliteration": "nâshak",
      "meaning": "to strike with a sting",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5391"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "נֶ֫שֶׁךְ n.[m.] interest, usury (lit. something bitten off)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 22:24",
      "text": "“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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 25:36",
      "text": "Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/25?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 25:37",
      "text": "You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/25?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 23:20",
      "text": "You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/23?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 18:8",
      "text": "he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/18?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 18:13",
      "text": "has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/18?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 18:17",
      "text": "who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/18?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 22:12",
      "text": "In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/22?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 15:5",
      "text": "he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/15?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 28:8",
      "text": "He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/28?v=8"
    }
  ],
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