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Lexicon :: Strong's H5391 - nāšaḵ

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נָשַׁךְ
Transliteration
nāšaḵ
Pronunciation
naw-shak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1430,1430b

Strong’s Definitions

נָשַׁךְ nâshak, 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H5391 in the following manner: bite (14x), lend upon usury (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H5391 in the following manner: bite (14x), lend upon usury (2x).

  1. to bite

    1. (Qal) to bite

    2. (Piel) to bite

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

    1. (Qal) to give interest

    2. (Hiphil) to make to give interest

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָשַׁךְ nâshak, 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.
STRONGS H5391: Abbreviations
† נָשַׁךְ verb bite (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, but also transposed נְכַשׁ Hiph.); Assyrian našâku DlHWB 486; Targum נְכֵית (especially of snakes); Syriac bdb067501, bdb067502; Ethiopic bdb067503 Di642; BaZMG xliii (1889), 188 compare Arabic bdb067504, undo threads, untwist rope, disintegrate, dissolve); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נָשַׁךְ Numbers 21:9, suffix וּנְשָׁכוֺ consecutive Amos 5:19, וּנְשָׁכָם consecutive Amos 9:3; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשֹּׁךְ Ecclesiastes 10:11, יִשָּׁ֑ךְ Proverbs 23:32, suffix יִשְּׁכֶנּוּ Ecclesiastes 10:8; Participle active נשֵׁךְ Genesis 49:17; plural נשְׁכִים Micah 3:5, suffix נשְׁכֶיךָ Habakkuk 2:7; passive נָשׁוּךְ Numbers 21:8; — bite, chiefly of serpent, with accusative, Amos 5:19; Amos 9:3; Genesis 49:17 (poem in J), Numbers 21:8 (passive participle, absolute), Numbers 21:9, Ecclesiastes 10:8 also Ecclesiastes 10:11 (absolute), Proverbs 23:32 (simile of wine); figurative of prophets בְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם הַנּ׳ Micah 3:5 who are biting with their teeth, and crying, Peace! figurative of oppression, etc., נשְׁכֶיךָ Habakkuk 2:7 (with play on sense thy debtors, those that give thee interest).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person plural וְנִשְּׁכוּ אֶתְכֶם Jeremiah 8:17 and they shall bite you fatally (figurative); Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיְנַשְּׁכוּ אֶתהָֿעָם Numbers 21:5 and they bit the people fatally (both of serpents).

† [נָשַׁךְ] verb denominative pay, give interest (compare GerberVerba denom. 89); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁ֑ךְ Deuteronomy 23:20 interest of anything off which one giveth interest (compare Dr).
Hiph. make one give interest; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תַּשִּׁיךְ Deuteronomy 23:20)+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Deuteronomy 23:21 (twice in verse); all with לְ person
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:17; 49:17

Numbers

21:5; 21:8; 21:8; 21:9; 21:9

Deuteronomy

23:20; 23:20; 23:21

Proverbs

23:32; 23:32

Ecclesiastes

10:8; 10:8; 10:11; 10:11

Jeremiah

8:17

Amos

5:19; 5:19; 9:3; 9:3

Micah

3:5; 3:5

Habakkuk

2:7; 2:7

H5391

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5391 matches the Hebrew נָשַׁךְ (nāšaḵ),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan will be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:19 - Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:20 - You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If a snake bites before it is charmed, the charmer receives no fee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - “See, I will send venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, there I will hunt them down and seize them. Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5 - This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim ‘peace’ if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7 - Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their prey.
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