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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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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 - After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10 - I myself, as well as my brothers and my workers, have been lending the people money and grain, but now let us stop this business of charging interest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - “We also promise that if the people of the land should bring any merchandise or grain to be sold on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will refuse to buy it. Every seventh year we will let our land rest, and we will cancel all debts owed to us.
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