# נֶשֶׁךְ (neshekh)

Israeli respelling: ne-shekh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5392. 10 Old Testament occurrences.

interest on a debt

King James renderings: usury.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/neshekh-h5392

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 22:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Leviticus 25:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/36) — Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
- [Leviticus 25:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/37) — Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
- [Deuteronomy 23:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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:
- [Psalms 15:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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.
- [Proverbs 28:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/8) — He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
- [Ezekiel 18:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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— He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true ju…
- [Ezekiel 18:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Ezekiel 18:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 statut…
- [Ezekiel 22:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 extorti…