Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4855
מַשָּׁא
mash.sah · “interest”
Used 3 times across 1 book
Definition
1) lending on interest, usury
1a) in Ne 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent
1a) in Ne 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent
Where it appears
Nehemiah3
In the text
Nehemiah 5:7Then 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.Nehemiah 5:10I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.Nehemiah 10:32Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
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