H4855 מַשָּׁא (mashshâʼ) mash-shaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

interest

Strong's Definition

a loan; by implication, interest on adebt

Derivation: from H5383 (נָשָׁה);

KJV Usage: exaction, usury.

TWOT Reference: 1424a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) lending on interest, usury

1a) in Ne 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַשָּׁא (mash.sah) — interest. 1) lending on interest, usury 1a) in Ne 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַשָּׁא (H4855) — מַשָּׁא

noun m · נשׁא

Objects

debt = money or other valuable objects that were borrowed from someone else and will need to be returned, which, under certain circumstances can become a heavy burden

NEH 5:7 · NEH 5:10 · NEH 10:32

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַשָּׁא n.m. lending on interest, or usury base

Bible Occurrences (3)

5:7 5:10 10:31

Nehemiah 5:7

and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles... and officials, saying, You are exacting usury from your own brothers! So I called a large assembly against them

Nehemiah 5:10

I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending [the people] money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.

Nehemiah 10:31

When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every... debt.