Strong’s H4855 · Hebrew
מַשָּׁא
mashshâʼ · mash-shaw'
Origin from נָשָׁה (H5383);
Meaning a loan; by implication, interest on adebt
In the King James Version exaction, usury.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Nehemiah 5:7Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
- Nehemiah 5:10I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.