Strong's Lexicon

H5383

H5383 — נָשָׁה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewnashahverbOccurrences: 12TWOT: 1427

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5383
Word:	נָשָׁה
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root (rather identical with H5382, in the sense of H5378)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	12
Transliteration:	nashah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	naw-shaw'
Meaning:	1. to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
KJV Renderings:	creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer, lend on (taker on) usury.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5401

I. [נָשָׁא] verb lend on interest, or usury, be a creditor (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 3460] postpone, delay; sell on credit; || form of I. נָשָׁה, see Ges^{«GKC:75oo»§ 75oo}); —

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

Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular לֹאיַֿשִּׁיא אוֺיֵב בּוֺ Ps 89:23 an enemy shall not act the creditor against him, make exactions of him (|| יְעַנֶּנּוּ). — 1Kgs 8:31; 2Chr 6:22 see נשׂא Qal 1.b. (5).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke