Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to lend
Usage: 1) to lend, be a creditor 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lend 1a2) creditor (participle) (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) to lend
Strong's Number
H5383
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
12
Books
7
Strong's H5383 Quick Answer
Strong's H5383 נָשָׁה (nashah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. nashah (naw-shaw') v. 1. to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest [a primitive root (rather identical with H5382, in the sense of H5378)] It has 12 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include lend, exact, lendeth, creditor, and extortioner. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- nashah (naw-shaw') v. 1. to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest [a primitive root (rather identical with H5382, in the sense of H5378)]
- Usage
- 12 linked usages
- Books
- 7 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- lend, exact, lendeth, creditor, and extortioner
Meaning and Definition
nashah (naw-shaw') v. 1. to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest [a primitive root (rather identical with H5382, in the sense of H5378)] KJV: creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer, lend on (taker on) usury. Root(s): H5382, H5378
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5383. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H5383 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nashah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
exact
Nehemiah 5:7
3×
lend
Exodus 22:25
3×
creditor
2 Kings 4:1
creditors
Isaiah 50:1
extortioner
Psalms 109:11
lendeth
Deuteronomy 15:2
How Strong's H5383 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 12 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H5383 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H5383 in the Old Testament
12 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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.
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Usage Excerpts
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5383.
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.
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5383, grouped by book.
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H5383 FAQ
What does nashah (נָשָׁה) mean?
Nashah (Strong's H5383) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "lend". nashah (naw-shaw') v. 1. to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest [a primitive root (rather identical with H5382, in the sense of H5378)]
How many times is nashah (נָשָׁה) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's H5383 across 7 books.
Where can I study nashah (נָשָׁה) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5383 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate nashah (נָשָׁה)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lend, exact, lendeth, creditor, extortioner, and creditors. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.