Exodus 22:25
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.
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Usury
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Luke 19:23
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
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7 occurrences in 2 verses.
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נֶשֶׁךְ
neshek · neh'-shek
12 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
interest on a debt
Strong's KJV usage: usury.
Strong's first: Exodus 22:25Strong's last: Ezekiel 22:12
Open full H5392 profile →נָשַׁךְ
nâshak · naw-shak'
4 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
Strong's KJV usage: bite, lend upon usury.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 23:19Strong's last: Deuteronomy 23:20
Open full H5391 profile →נָשָׁה
nâshâh · naw-shaw'
3 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
Strong's KJV usage: creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer, lend on (taker on) usury.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 24:2Strong's last: Jeremiah 15:10
Open full H5383 profile →τόκος
tókos · tok'-os
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
interest on money loaned (as a produce)
Strong's KJV usage: :--usury.
Strong's first: Matthew 25:27Strong's last: Luke 19:23
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mashshâʼ · mash-shaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a loan; by implication, interest on a debt
Strong's KJV usage: exaction, usury.
Strong's first: Nehemiah 5:7Strong's last: Nehemiah 5:10
Open full H4855 profile →נָשָׁא
nâshâʼ · naw-shaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to lend on interest; by implication, to dun for debt
Strong's KJV usage: × debt, exact, giver of usury.
Strong's first: Isaiah 24:2Strong's last: Isaiah 24:2
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H5392
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.
H5392
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
H5392
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
H5391
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
H5392
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
H5392
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
H5392
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
H5391
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
H5391
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
H5391
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
H4855
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.
H4855
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
H5392
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
H5392
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
H5383
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 to him.
H5378
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 to him.
H5383
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
H5383
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
H5392
He 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,
H5392
Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
H5392
That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
H5392
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
G5110
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
G5110
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
English meaning and historical usage.
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usury
U'SURY, noun s as z. [Latin usura, from utor, to use.]
1. Formerly, interest; or a premium paid or stipulated to be paid for the use of money.
[Usury formerly denoted any legal interest, but in this sense, the word is no longer in use.]
2. In present usage, illegal interest; a premium or compensation paid or stipulated to be paid for the use of money borrowed or retained, beyond the rate of interest established by law.
3. The practice of taking interest. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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