STRONGS NUMBER H5378


Word Summary
nasha: to beguile, deceive
Original Word: נָשָׁא
Transliteration: nasha
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-shaw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to beguile, deceive
Meaning: to lend on interest, to dun for, debt
Strong's Concordance
debt, exact, giver of usury

A primitive root (perhaps identical with nasha', through the idea of imposition); to lend on interest; by implication, to dun for debt -- X debt, exact, giver of usury.

see HEBREW nasha'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5378. nasha

I. [נָשָׁא‎] verb lend on interest, or usury, be a creditor (compare Arabic postpone, delay; sell on credit; "" form of I. נָשָׁה‎, see Ges§ 75oo); —

Qal Participle active נשֶׁא‎ (analogous ׳ל ה‎) 1 Samuel 22:2 every man that had a creditor; בוֺ נשֶׁא אֲשֶׁרIsaiah 24:2 against whom is a ceditor, and plural נשְׁאִיםNehemiah 5:7 Kt (נשִׁים‎ Qr, from נָשָׁה‎), + accusative of congnate meaning with verb מַשָּׁא‎.

Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular בּוֺ אוֺיֵב לֹאיַֿשִּׁיאPsalm 89:23 an enemy shall not act the creditor against him, make exactions of him ("" יְעַנֶּנּוּ‎). — 1 Kings 8:31; 2 Chronicles 6:22 see נשׂאQal 1 b (5).

I. נָשָׁהverb lend, become a creditor (compare I. נשׁא‎); —

Qal Perfect1singular נָשִׁ֫יתִיJeremiah 15:10; 3plural נָשׁוּ15:10; Participle נשֶׁהExodus 22:24 4t.; plural נשִׁיםNehemiah 5:10-11, + 5:7 Qr (Kt נשְׁאִים‎, see I. נשׁא‎), suffix נוֺשַׁיIsaiah 50:1; — lend, usually with ב‎ person: וְלֹאנָֿשׁוּבִֿי לֹאנָֿשִׁיתִיJeremiah 15:10 I have not lent, and they have not lent to me, Deuteronomy 24:11; Nehemiah 5:7 (Qr; + accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 5:10; 5:11 (both + accusative of thing); participle as substantive creditor, usurer Exodus 22:24 (E), 2 Kings 4:1; Isaiah 24:2; 50:1; Psalm 109:11.

Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular בְּ יַשֶּׁהDeuteronomy 15:2 who lendeth to his neighbour; 2 masculine singular בְּ תַּשֶּׁה24:10 when thou lendest to thy neighbour (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb).