נָשַׁךְ
nâshak · naw-shak'
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
- to strike with a sting (as a serpent)
- figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bite, lend upon 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
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers
The seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָשַׁךְ 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thou shalt not lend upon usury2 · 13%
- that biteth1 · 6%
- and they bit1 · 6%
- and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten1 · 6%
- had bitten1 · 6%
- that is lent upon usury1 · 6%
- thou mayest lend upon usury1 · 6%
- it biteth1 · 6%
- shall bite1 · 6%
- will bite1 · 6%
- and they shall bite1 · 6%
- bit1 · 6%
- and he shall bite1 · 6%
- that bite1 · 6%
- that shall bite1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.