Strongs's #5391: nashak - Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #5391: nashak (pronounced naw-shak')

a primitive root; to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan:--bite, lend upon usury.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ׁ
nâshak

1) to bite

1a) (Qal) to bite
1b) (Piel) to bite

2) to pay, give interest, lend for interest or usury

2a) (Qal) to give interest
2b) (Hiphil) to make to give interest

Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1430, 1430b

Usage:

This word is used 16 times:

Genesis 49:17: "an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall"
Numbers 21:6: "fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people"
Numbers 21:8: "a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live."
Numbers 21:9: "and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld"
Deuteronomy 23:19: "Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury"
Deuteronomy 23:19: "of any thing that is lent upon usury:"
Deuteronomy 23:20: "Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God"
Deuteronomy 23:20: "thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless"
Proverbs 23:32: "At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder."
Ecclesiastes 10:8: "into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite"
Ecclesiastes 10:11: "Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no"
Jeremiah 8:17: "among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD."
Amos 5:19: "his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit"
Amos 9:3: "of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite"
Micah 3:5: "that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that"
Habakkuk 2:7: "Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties"

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