נָשַׁךְ nashakh
Hebrew word for “to bite” · Strong’s H5391 · used 16 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) to bite; 1a) (Qal) to bite; 1b) (Piel) to bite
Senses in the lexicon
- to bite (12)
- to pay interest (4)
How it is translated
Glosses given for nashakh in context, with how often each is used:
- will bite 5
- will charge interest 3
- one which bites 1
- bit 1
- one who is bitten 1
- had bitten 1
- bites 1
- who bite 1
- those who pay interest to 1
- someone will pay interest 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Amos | 2 | 1.0 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 21 (3), Deuteronomy 23 (2), Ecclesiastes 10 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Proverbs 23 (1), Jeremiah 8 (1), Amos 5 (1), Amos 9 (1), Micah 3 (1), Habakkuk 2 (1)
Forms
- ישׁך 3
- תשׁיך 3
- ונשׁכו 2
- הנשׁך 1
- וינשׁכו 1
- הנשׁוך 1
- נשׁך 1
- ישׁכנו 1
- ונשׁכם 1
- הנשׁכים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nashakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נָחָשׁ nachash “serpent” 9
- צִפְעוֹנִי tsiphoni “serpent” 2
- לַחַשׁ lachash “charm” 2
- שָׂרָף saraph “serpent” 2
- נֵס nes “ensign” 2
- אִם im “if” 3
- חָיָה chayah “to live” 2
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 2
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 2
- אָח ach “brother” 2
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2
- מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 2
Key verses
The verses using nashakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 21:6 — And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Numbers 21:9 — And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he…
- Deuteronomy 23:19 — Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
- Deuteronomy 23:20 — Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest…
- Proverbs 23:32 — At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8 — He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11 — Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
- Jeremiah 8:17 — For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
- Amos 5:19 — As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
- Amos 9:3 — And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea,…
- Micah 3:5 — Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths,…
- Habakkuk 2:7 — Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.