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Lexicon :: Strong's H4855 - maššā'

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מַשָּׁא
Transliteration
maššā'
Pronunciation
mash-shaw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1424a

Strong’s Definitions

מַשָּׁא mashshâʼ, mash-shaw'; from H5383; a loan; by implication, interest on a debt:—exaction, usury.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H4855 in the following manner: usury (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H4855 in the following manner: usury (2x).
  1. lending on interest, usury

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַשָּׁא mashshâʼ, mash-shaw'; from H5383; a loan; by implication, interest on a debt:—exaction, usury.
STRONGS H4855: Abbreviations
מַשָּׁא noun masculineNehemiah 5:10 lending on interest, or usury; — Nehemiah 5:7 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Nehemiah 5:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Nehemiah

5:7; 5:10; 5:10

H4855

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4855 matches the Hebrew מַשָּׁא (maššā'),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I consulted within my own heart and contended with the nobles and the officials and said to them, “You are exacting usury H4855, each from his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10 - “And likewise I, my brothers, and my young men are lending them money and grain. Please, let us forsake this usury H4855.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not receive from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego the crops the seventh year and the exaction H4855 of every debt.
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