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na.shakh H5391

נָשַׁךְ (na.shakh) means “to bite” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נָשַׁךְ Hebrew · H5391 16 tagged occurrences in 14 verses

Pronunciation guide: naw-shak' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5391A

נָשַׁךְ · na.shakh · to bite

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

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TBESH · H5391B

נָשַׁךְ · na.shakh · to pay interest

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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan

KJV glosses: bite, lend upon usury.

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How translators render H5391

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
and they will bite 1
bites 1
charge 1
interest 1
it bites 1
may be bitten 1
only to be bitten 1
that bites 1
to bite them 1
type of loan 1
was bitten 1
were bitten 1
while they chew 1
who is bitten 1
your creditors 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
thou shalt not lend upon usury 2
and he shall bite 1
and it shall come to pass that every one that is bitten 1
and they bit 1
and they shall bite 1
bit 1
had bitten 1
it biteth 1
shall bite 1
that bite 1
that biteth 1
that is lent upon usury 1
that shall bite 1
thou mayest lend upon usury 1
will bite 1

Verses containing H5391

Page 1 of 1. 14 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 49:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  2. Numbers 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.

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  3. Numbers 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  4. Numbers 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  5. Deuteronomy 23:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.

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    Source alternate reference: 23.20

  6. Deuteronomy 23:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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    Source alternate reference: 23.21

  7. Proverbs 23:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

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  8. Ecclesiastes 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

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  9. Ecclesiastes 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

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  10. Jeremiah 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.

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  11. Amos 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  12. Amos 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  13. Micah 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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:

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  14. Habakkuk 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.

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