nashach · bite; lend at interest

What it means

nashach (נָשַׁךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bite; lend at interest”.

Bite (of a snake). Elsewhere, charge interest.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To sink the teeth in, like a snake that strikes and poisons.
2. To demand extra from someone who receives a loan, beyond what was lent.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• bites ×4
• charge interest ×3
• bit ×2
• who bite ×2
• it will bite them ×1
• lent at interest ×1
• they will bite you ×1
• who is bitten ×1
• will bite him ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Numbers×3
• Deuteronomy×4
• Proverbs×1
• Ecclesiastes×2
• Jeremiah×1
• Amos×2
• Micah×1
• Habakkuk×1

• Genesis 49:17

  Dan will be a serpent by the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that its rider falls backward.

• Numbers 21:6

  Then YHWH sent among the people the fiery serpents, and they bit the people, and many people of Israel died.

• Numbers 21:8

  And YHWH said to Moses, “Make for yourself a fiery serpent and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”

• Numbers 21:9

  So Moses made a serpent of bronze and set it on the pole; and if a serpent bit any man, he would look to the serpent of bronze and live.

• Deuteronomy 23:19

  You shall not charge interest to your brother, interest on silver, interest on food, interest on any thing that is lent at interest.

• Deuteronomy 23:20

  To the foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, so that YHWH your Elohim may bless you in every undertaking of your hand in the land that you are going into to possess it.

• Proverbs 23:32

  In the end it bites like a serpent, and like a viper it stings.

• Ecclesiastes 10:8

  Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence, a snake will bite him.

• Ecclesiastes 10:11

  If the snake bites without a charm, there is no profit for the owner of the tongue.

• Jeremiah 8:17

  “For look, I am sending among you serpents, vipers for which there is no charm, and they will bite you, declares YHWH.”

• Amos 5:19

  As when a man flees from the lion, and the bear meets him; or goes into the house and leans his hand against the wall, and the snake bites him.

• Amos 9:3

  And if they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will search out and take them; and if they conceal themselves from my sight on the floor of the sea, from there I will command the snake, and it will bite them.

• Micah 3:5

  Thus says YHWH concerning the prophets who lead astray my people, who bite with their teeth and proclaim “Peace,” but whoever does not put something into their mouth, they consecrate war against him:

• Habakkuk 2:7

  Will not suddenly rise up those who bite you, and awake those who shake you, and you will be spoil for them?

And 2 more times.