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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, "Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!" Because of them I called for a great public assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10 - Even I and my relatives and my associates are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral!

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - We will not buy on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan.
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