HebrewH4855Noun (Masculine)

מַשָּׁא

mash.sah

“interest”

2Occurrences

H4855Strong's #

Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a loan; by implication, interest on adebt

from H5383 (נָשָׁה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

lending on interest, usury 1a) in, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מַשָּׁא appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah

Key Passages

Nehemiah 5:7BSB

and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!”So I called a large assembly against them

Nehemiah 5:10BSB

I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.