H4855

משא

משא

mashaah

Masculine noun · From נשה (H5383)

From H5383; a loan; by implication, interest on a debt:—exaction, usury.

Outline

lending on interest, usury

in Neh. 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent

Usages

Nehemiah 5:7

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.

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Nehemiah 5:10

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

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