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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H5392, G5110, H8636
Hebrew
נֶ֫שֶׁךְ · neshek
Greek
τόκος · tokos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

τόκος

G5110
Transliteration
tokos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

interest, usury

Lexicon definition

τόκος, -ου, ὁ (τίκτω), [in LXX for נֶשֶׁךְ, etc. ;] __(a) a bringing forth, birth; __(b) offspring. Metaphorical, of the produce of money lent out, interest, usury (cf. Merch. of Venice, I, iii, "a breed of barren metal "): Mat.25:27, Luk.19:23 (Soph., Plat., al.).† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Τόκος

G5110
Transliteration
tókos
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

usury

Lexicon definition

a brining forth; offspring; met. produce of money lent, interest, usury, Mat. 25.27. Lu. 19.23.

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

תַּרְבִּית

H8636
Transliteration
tarbîyth
Pronunciation
tar-beeth'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
6

Glosses

increment, interest, usury, increase, unjust gain.

Lexicon definition

multiplication, i.e. percentage or bonus in addition to principal

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Interest

Indexed occurrences: 15

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Strong's Concordance

Interests

Indexed occurrences: 5

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All Scripture references29 references

Exodus 2

Exodus 22:24Exodus 22:25

Leviticus 2

Leviticus 25:36Leviticus 25:37

Deuteronomy 2

Deuteronomy 23:19Deuteronomy 23:20

2 Kings 1

2 Kings 15:29

Ezra 2

Ezra 4:14Ezra 4:22

Nehemiah 1

Nehemiah 5:1

Esther 1

Esther 3:8

Job 2

Job 1:6Job 6:6

Psalms 1

Psalms 15:5

Proverbs 1

Proverbs 28:8

Isaiah 1

Isaiah 24:2

Ezekiel 4

Ezekiel 18:8Ezekiel 18:13Ezekiel 18:17Ezekiel 22:12

Matthew 1

Matthew 25:27

Mark 1

Mark 5:1

Luke 2

Luke 4:35Luke 19:23

Acts 1

Acts 24:17

1 Corinthians 1

1 Corinthians 7:34

Philippians 2

Philippians 2:4Philippians 2:21

1 Timothy 1

1 Timothy 6:4

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

INTEREST

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for INTEREST.

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INTEREST

Nave’s Topical Bible references for INTEREST.

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Collection

The Christians in Palestine, from various causes, suffered from poverty. Paul awakened an interest in them among the Gentile churches, and made pecuniary collections in their behalf (Acts 24:17; Rom. 15:25, 26; 1 Cor. 16:1-3; 2 Cor. 8:9; Gal. 2:10).

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Debt

The Mosaic law encouraged the practice of lending (Deut. 15:7; Ps. 37:26; Matt. 5:42); but it forbade the exaction of interest except from foreigners. Usury was strongly condemned (Prov. 28:8; Ezek. 18:8, 13, 17; 22:12; Ps. 15:5). On the Sabbatical year all pecuniary obligations were cancelled (Deut. 15:1-11). These regulations prevented the accumulation of debt.

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Devil

(Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man's spiritual interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zech. 3:1). He is called also "the accuser of the brethen" (Rev. 12:10). In Lev. 17:7 the word "devil" is the translation of the Hebrew sair, meaning a "goat" or "satyr" (Isa. 13:21; 34:14), alluding to the wood-daemons, the objects of idolatrous worship among the heathen. In Deut. 32:17 and Ps. 106:37 it is the translation of Hebrew shed, meaning lord, and idol, regarded by the Jews as a "demon," as the word is rendered in the Revised Version. In the narratives of the Gospels regarding the "casting out of devils" a different Greek word (daimon) is used. In the time of our Lord there were frequent cases of demoniacal possession (Matt. 12:25-30; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 4:35; 10:18, etc.).

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Jealousy

Suspicion of a wife's purity, one of the strongest passions (Num. 5:14; Prov. 6:34; Cant. 8:6); also an intense interest for another's honour or prosperity (Ps. 79:5; 1 Cor. 10:22; Zech. 1:14).

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Loan

The Mosaic law required that when an Israelite needed to borrow, what he asked was to be freely lent to him, and no interest was to be charged, although interest might be taken of a foreigner (Ex. 22:25; Deut. 23:19, 20; Lev. 25:35-38). At the end of seven years all debts were remitted. Of a foreigner the loan might, however, be exacted. At a later period of the Hebrew commonwealth, when commerce increased, the practice of exacting usury or interest on loans, and of suretiship in the commercial sense, grew up. Yet the exaction of it from a Hebrew was regarded as discreditable (Ps. 15:5; Prov. 6:1, 4; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; 27:13; Jer. 15:10). Limitations are prescribed by the law to the taking of a pledge from the borrower. The outer garment in which a man slept at night, if taken in pledge, was to be returned before sunset (Ex. 22:26, 27; Deut. 24:12, 13). A widow's garment (Deut. 24:17) and a millstone (6) could not be taken. A creditor could not enter the house to reclaim a pledge, but must remain outside till the borrower brought it (10, 11). The Hebrew debtor could not be retained in bondage longer than the seventh year, or at farthest the year of jubilee (Ex. 21:2; Lev. 25:39, 42), but foreign sojourners were to be "bondmen for ever" (Lev. 25:44-54).

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Salt

Used to season food (Job 6:6), and mixed with the fodder of cattle (Isa. 30:24, "clean;" in marg. of R.V. "salted"). All meat-offerings were seasoned with salt (Lev. 2:13). To eat salt with one is to partake of his hospitality, to derive subsistence from him; and hence he who did so was bound to look after his host's interests (Ezra 4:14, "We have maintenance from the king's palace;" A.V. marg., "We are salted with the salt of the palace;" R.V., "We eat the salt of the palace"). A "covenant of salt" (Num. 18:19; 2 Chr. 13:5) was a covenant of perpetual obligation. New-born children were rubbed with salt (Ezek. 16:4). Disciples are likened unto salt, with reference to its cleansing and preserving uses (Matt. 5:13). When Abimelech took the city of Shechem, he sowed the place with salt, that it might always remain a barren soil (Judg. 9:45). Sir Lyon Playfair argues, on scientific grounds, that under the generic name of "salt," in certain passages, we are to understand petroleum or its residue asphalt. Thus in Gen. 19:26 he would read "pillar of asphalt;" and in Matt. 5:13, instead of "salt," "petroleum," which loses its essence by exposure, as salt does not, and becomes asphalt, with which pavements were made. The Jebel Usdum, to the south of the Dead Sea, is a mountain of rock salt about 7 miles long and from 2 to 3 miles wide and some hundreds of feet high.

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Saviour

One who saves from any form or degree of evil. In its highest sense the word indicates the relation sustained by our Lord to his redeemed ones, he is their Saviour. The great message of the gospel is about salvation and the Saviour. It is the "gospel of salvation." Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ secures to the sinner a personal interest in the work of redemption. Salvation is redemption made effectual to the individual by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Usury

The sum paid for the use of money, hence interest; not, as in the modern sense, exorbitant interest. The Jews were forbidden to exact usury (Lev. 25:36, 37), only, however, in their dealings with each other (Deut. 23:19, 20). The violation of this law was viewed as a great crime (Ps. 15:5; Prov. 28:8; Jer. 15:10). After the Return, and later, this law was much neglected (Neh. 5:7, 10).

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Zebulun, Tribe of

Numbered at Sinai (Num. 1:31) and before entering Canaan (26:27). It was one of the tribes which did not drive out the Canaanites, but only made them tributary (Judg. 1:30). It took little interest in public affairs. It responded, however, readily to the summons of Gideon (6:35), and afterwards assisted in enthroning David at Hebron (1 Chr. 12:33, 40). Along with the other northern tribes, Zebulun was carried away into the land of Assyria by Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 15:29). In Deborah's song the words, "Out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer" (Judg. 5:14) has been rendered in the R.V., "They that handle the marshal's staff." This is a questionable rendering. "The word sopher (scribe' or 'writer') defines the word shebhet (rod' or pen') with which it is conjoined. The rod of the scribe' on the Assyrian monuments was the stylus of wood or metal, with the help of which the clay tablet was engraved, or the papyrus inscribed with characters. The scribe who wielded it was the associate and assistant of the lawgivers.'" (Sayce).

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