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Word Summary
tokos: a bringing forth, birth, interest, usury
Original Word: τόκος
Transliteration: tokos
Phonetic Spelling: (tok'-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a bringing forth, birth, interest, usury
Meaning: a bringing forth, birth, interest, usury
Strong's Concordance
usury.

From the base of tikto; interest on money loaned (as a produce) -- usury.

see GREEK tikto

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5110: τόκος

τόκος, τόκου, ὁ (from τίκτω, perfect τέτοκα);

1. birth;

a. the act of bringing forth.

b. that which has been brought forth, offspring; (in both senses from Homer down).

2. interest of money, usury (because it multiplies money, and as it were 'breeds' (cf. e. g. Merchant of Venice 1:3)): Matthew 25:27; Luke 19:23 (so in Greek writings from Pindar and Aristophanes down; the Sept. for נֶשֶׁך).



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