נָשָׁא
nâshâʼ · naw-shaw'
to lend on interest; by implication, to dun fordebt
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (perhaps identical with H5377 (נָשָׁא), through the idea of imposition);
to lend on interest; by implication, to dun fordebt
- to lend on interest
- by implication, to dun fordebt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] debt, exact, giver of usury.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to consume, to destroy › strength, the leader
The seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָשָׁא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that was in debt1 · 25%
- unto them, ye exact1 · 25%
- shall not exact1 · 25%
- with the giver of usury1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.