King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4855
Transliteration: mashsha
Phonetic Spelling: (mash-shaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: lending on interest, usury
Meaning: a loan, interest on a, debt
Word Summary
mashsha: lending on interest, usury
Original Word: מַשָּׁאTransliteration: mashsha
Phonetic Spelling: (mash-shaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: lending on interest, usury
Meaning: a loan, interest on a, debt
Strong's Concordance
exaction, usury From nashah; a loan; by implication, interest on a debt -- exaction, usury.
see HEBREW nashah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4855. mashsha
מַשָּׁא noun masculineNehemiah 5:10 lending on interest, or usury; — 5:7 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 5:10.