נָשָׁה
nâshâh · naw-shaw'
to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (rather identical with H5382 (נָשָׁה), in the sense of H5378 (נָשָׁא));
to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer, lend on (taker on) 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָשָׁה 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer1 · 8%
- that lendeth1 · 8%
- when thou dost lend1 · 8%
- to whom thou dost lend1 · 8%
- and the creditor1 · 8%
- unto them, ye exact1 · 8%
- might exact1 · 8%
- that ye exact1 · 8%
- let the extortioner1 · 8%
- as with the taker of usury1 · 8%
- or which of my creditors1 · 8%
- i have neither lent on usury1 · 8%
- nor men have lent to me on usury1 · 8%
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.