STRONGS NUMBER H5392


Word Summary
neshek: interest, usury
Original Word: נֶשֶׁךְ
Transliteration: neshek
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-shek)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: interest, usury
Meaning: interest on a, debt
Strong's Concordance
usury

From nashak; interest on a debt -- usury.

see HEBREW nashak

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5392. neshek

נֶ֫שֶׁךְnoun [masculine] interest, usury (literally something bitten off); — ׳נ‎ absolute Exodus 22:24 +; construct Deuteronomy 23:20; — with עַלֿ שִׂיםExodus 22:24 (E); with מִן לָקַחLeviticus 25:36, מִן הֵשִׁיבEzekiel 18:17, לָקַח22:12 (no preposition), בְּנֶשֶׁךְLeviticus 25:37 at interest, so Psalm 15:5; Ezekiel 18:8, 13; ׳בְּנProverbs 28:8 by usury; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Deuteronomy 23:20 (3 t. in verse).