נָשָׁהnâshâh
lend on interest, or usury, be a creditor
Pronunciation: naw-shaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5383
Meanings
Qal: active, a creditor (1 Samuel 22:2; Isaiah 24:2; Nehemiah 5:7)
Hiph`il: an enemy shall not act the creditor against him, make exactions of him (Psalms 89:23; 1 Kings 8:31; 2 Chronicles 6:22)
Same root
- נָשָׁהnâshâh · H5382to forget; figuratively, to neglect; causatively, to remit, remove
- נָשָׁאnâshâʼ · H5378to lend on interest; by implication, to dun fordebt
- יִשִּׁיָּהYishshîyâh · H3449Jishshijah, the name of five Israelites
- מַשָּׁאmashshâʼ · H4855a loan; by implication, interest on adebt
- מַשֶּׁהmashsheh · H4874a debt
- נְשִׁיnᵉshîy · H5386a debt
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 22:25 “If you lend money to any of my people who are in need, do not charge interest as a money lender would.
- Deuteronomy 15:2 This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the Lord’s time of release has arrived.
- Deuteronomy 24:10 “If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to pick up the item he is giving as security.
- Deuteronomy 24:11 You must wait outside while he goes in and brings it out to you.
- 2 Kings 4:1 One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”
- 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.
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).