מַשָּׁא
mashshâʼ · H4855 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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debt
Money or other valuable objects that were borrowed from someone else and will need to be returned, which, under certain circumstances can become a heavy burden
ExamplesNehemiah 5:7 So I thought it over and contended with the nobles and the leading people, and said to them, “You are lending at interest, each to his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.
Nehemiah 5:10 “And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let’s do without this interest.
Nehemiah 10:31 As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day; and we will forgo the crops of the seventh year and every debt.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָדhand, power 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- זֶהthis 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- נָטַשׁto forsake, to abandon 1
- נָשָׁאto lend 1
- עָזַבto forsake, to leave 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- נֶשֶׁךְ neshek · H5392 · interest
- Hebrew term for interest charged on loans, often paired with תַּרְבִּית in legal contexts; both refer to financial exaction from borrowers, though נֶשֶׁךְ emphasizes the 'biting' aspect while מַשָּׁא emphasizes the 'exaction' aspect
- תַּרְבִּית tarbîyth · H8636 · interest
- Hebrew term for interest or increase gained from loans, frequently used alongside נֶשֶׁךְ in legal prohibitions; refers to the profit/increase taken from a debtor, closely related to the exaction concept of מַשָּׁא
Contrasting words 1 word
- מַתָּנָה mattânâh · H4979 · gift, present
- A gift given freely without expectation of return, the lexical opposite of an exaction which is something extracted or demanded from another
In the other Testament 1 word
- τόκος tókos · G5110 · interest
- Greek term for interest or usury on loans, a direct translation equivalent for the Hebrew financial/lending concept represented by מַשָּׁא
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Objects001
- The word denotes an exaction or debt owed through usury, treated as a thing owed between parties.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4855. mashsha מַשָּׁא noun masculineNeh 5:10 lending on interest, or usury; — Neh 5:7…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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