Interest
נֶ֫שֶׁךְStrong’s H5392neshekh (ne-shekh)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Neshekh is the Hebrew word usually translated “interest” and “interest of”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.”
Meaning
- Interest, usury
How it's translated
- interest 4
- for interest 4
- interest of 3
- by interest 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- Leviticus 2
- Exodus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 25:36Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
- Leviticus 25:37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
- Deuteronomy 23:19Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
- Psalms 15:5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
- Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
- Ezekiel 18:8He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
Hebrew dictionary
נֶ֫שֶׁךְ neshekh · interest
interest, usury
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “interest” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IN'TEREST, verb transitive
[Latin inter and esse.]
- To concern; to affect; to excite emotion or passion, usually in favor, but sometimes against a person or thing.
- To give a share in.
- To have a share.
- To engage; as, to interest one in our favor.
All definitions and other forms of “interest”
IN'TEREST, noun
Concern; advantage; good; as private interest; public interest
- Influence over others.
- Share; portion; part; participation in value.
- Regard to private profit.
- Premium paid for the use of money; the profit per cent derived from money lent, or property used by another person, or from debts remaining unpaid.
- Any surplus advantage.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.