Nâshâʼ — H5378

Definition

verb

to lend on interest; by implication, to dun fordebt

1. to lend on interest or usury, be a creditor
1. (Qal) creditor (participle)
2. (Hiphil) to act as a creditor

Usually translated as

exact, debt, giver of usury

Origin

a primitive root (perhaps identical with H5377, through the idea of imposition)

• Nâshâʼ (H5377)

Occurrences

Nâshâʼ occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1)

• 1 Samuel 22:2 — And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt (נֹשֶׁא֙), and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
• Nehemiah 5:7 — Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
• Psalms 89:22 — The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
• Isaiah 24:2 — And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury (נֹשֶׁ֥א) to him.