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
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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
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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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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.
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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