Neshekh נֶ֫שֶׁךְ

Neshekh (Hebrew נֶ֫שֶׁךְ, Strong's H5392) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “interest”. It occurs 12 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Topics

• Debt

Verses

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

Exodus

• Exodus 22:25
  If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 25:36
  Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
• Leviticus 25:37
  Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.

Deuteronomy

• 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.

Psalms

• Psalm 15:5
  He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 28:8
  He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 18:8
  He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
• Ezekiel 18:13
  Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
• Ezekiel 18:17
  That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
• Ezekiel 22:12
  In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).