1) lending on interest, usury 1a) in Ne 5:11, the rate of "usury" was only one per cent
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H4855 — מַשָּׁא
mash.sah · interest · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
Nehemiah 5:7 · מַשָּׁ֥אThen 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.Nehemiah 5:10 · הַמַּשָּׁ֥אI likewise, [and] my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.Nehemiah 10:31 · וּמַשָּׁ֥אAnd [if] the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, [that] we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and [that] we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.