Nashakh נָשַׁךְ

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Nashakh (Hebrew נָשַׁךְ, Strong's H5391) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to bite”. It occurs 16 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to bite
1a) (Qal) to bite
1b) (Piel) to bite

1) to pay, give interest, lend for interest or usury
1a) (Qal) to give interest
1b) (Hiphil) to make to give interest

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	bite (6), usury (4), biteth (2), bit (2), bitten (2)
BSB	bites (2), were bitten (1), who is bitten (1), was bitten (1), charge (1), type of loan (1), interest (1), it bites (1), may be bitten (1), they will bite (1), only to be bitten (1), bite them (1), and 2 other renderings

Every verse with Nashakh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 49:17
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

Numbers 21:6
And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
Numbers 21:8
And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
Numbers 21:9
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.

Deuteronomy 23:19
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
Deuteronomy 23:20
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.

Proverbs 23:32
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Ecclesiastes 10:11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

Jeremiah 8:17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.

Amos 5:19
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
Amos 9:3
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

Micah 3:5
Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

Habakkuk 2:7
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).