מַשָּׁאmashshâʼ
lending on interest, or usury (Nehemiah 5:10; Nehemiah 5:7)
Pronunciation: mash-shaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4855
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Nehemiah 5:7 After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
- Nehemiah 5:10 I myself, as well as my brothers and my workers, have been lending the people money and grain, but now let us stop this business of charging interest.
- Nehemiah 10:31 “We also promise that if the people of the land should bring any merchandise or grain to be sold on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will refuse to buy it. Every seventh year we will let our land rest, and we will cancel all debts owed to us.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).