Strong's Definition
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bite, lend upon usury.
TWOT Reference: 1430,b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָשַׁךְ (na.shakh) — to bite. 1) to bite 1a) (Qal) to bite 1b) (Piel) to bite
נָשַׁךְ (na.shakh) — to pay interest. 1) to pay, give interest, lend for interest or usury 1a) (Qal) to give interest 1b) (Hiphil) to make to give interest
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
verb
Non-Possess | verb qal
to pay interest = action in which a person is required to pay interest to someone else for having borrowed money, food, or something of value
Non-Possess | verb hif
Collocation: נשׁך נֶשֶׁךְ
to charge interest, to collect interest = action in which a person requires someone to pay interest for having borrowed money, food, or something of value
People | verb qal ptc.act
creditor = a person who has lent money, food, or something of value to someone else and requires that person to pay interest
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נָשַׁךְ vb. bite Qal bite
Pi. and they shall bite you fatally
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[נָשַׁךְ] vb. denom pay, give interest Qal interest of anything off which one giveth interest
Hiph. make one give interest
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