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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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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 BoxGen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:6 - And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the people, and much people of the children of Israel died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:8 - And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to Moses, Make thee a serpent, and put it on a signal-staff; and it shall come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bite a man, every one so bitten that looks upon it shall live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:9 - And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a signal-staff: and it came to pass that whenever a serpent bit a man, and he looked on the brazen serpent, he lived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:19 - (LXX 23:20) Thou shalt not lend to thy brother on usury of silver, or usury of meat, or usury of any thing which thou mayest lend out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:20 - (LXX 23:21) Thou mayest lend on usury to a stranger, but to thy brother thou shalt not lend on usury; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all thy works upon the land, into which thou art entering to inherit it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:32 - But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If a serpent bite when there is no charmer's whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 - For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:19 - As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, thence will I search them out and take them; and if they should go down from my presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5 - Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that lead my people astray, that bite with their teeth, and proclaim peace to them; and when nothing was put into their mouth, they raised up war against them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7 - For suddenly there shall arise up those that bite him, and they that plot against thee shall awake, and thou shalt be a plunder to them.
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