{"query": "Easton: Usury", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_28011d8f7042", "title": "Easton: Usury", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "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"}, {"id": "card_src_book_21623", "title": "Usury — Calvin Elliott", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Usury, by Calvin Elliott. Subjects: Usury. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21623"}, {"id": "card_src_book_62459", "title": "Usury; Or, Interest, Premium and Discount — S. H. (Salmon Hodges) Crittenden", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Usury; Or, Interest, Premium and Discount, by S. H. (Salmon Hodges) Crittenden. Subjects: Usury. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62459"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g8807", "title": "G8807 — πλεονασμός (pleonasmos): usury", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "πλεονασμός (pleonasmos), Strong's G8807: usury. usury"}, {"id": "card_src_word_usury", "title": "usury", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "usury: (noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest — syn: vigorish · (noun) the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest"}, {"id": "card_c_afb77232ae10", "title": "Easton: War ↔ Easton: Usury", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_u_z — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"id": "card_c_4e0ecbc105ee", "title": "Easton: Usury ↔ Easton: Wise men", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_u_z — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"id": "card_n_0dbb2495b4d4", "title": "Easton: Debt", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "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. 1"}, {"id": "card_n_0c498c3c5dcd", "title": "Easton: Stranger", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word generally denotes a person from a foreign land residing in Palestine. Such persons enjoyed many privileges in common with the Jews, but still were separate from them. The relation of the Jew"}, {"id": "card_n_9810cd0e8219", "title": "Easton: Poor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important. (1.) They had the right of gleaning the fields (Lev. 19:9, 10; Deut. 24:19, 21). (2.) In the sabbatical year they were to have their s"}, {"id": "card_n_7cbf579cf6ec", "title": "Easton: Loan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "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:"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h4855", "title": "H4855 — מַשָּׁא (mash.sah): interest", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "מַשָּׁא (mash.sah), Strong's H4855: interest. 1) lending on interest, usury 1a) in Ne 5:11 , the rate of \"usury\" was only one per cent"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h5392", "title": "H5392 — נֶ֫שֶׁךְ (ne.shekh): interest", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "נֶ֫שֶׁךְ (ne.shekh), Strong's H5392: interest. interest, usury"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h8636", "title": "H8636 — תַּרְבִּית (tar.bit): increment", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "תַּרְבִּית (tar.bit), Strong's H8636: increment. increment, usury, interest, bonus"}, {"id": "card_src_word_vigorish", "title": "vigorish", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "vigorish: (noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest — syn: usury · (noun) a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster — syn: rake-off"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h4768", "title": "H4768 — מַרְבִּית (mar.bit): greatness", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "מַרְבִּית (mar.bit), Strong's H4768: greatness. 1) increase, great number, multitude, greatness 1a) increase 1a1) of family 1a2) increment, interest, usury 1b) great number (of people) 1c) greatness ("}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h5378", "title": "H5378 — נָשָׁא (na.sah): to exact", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "נָשָׁא (na.sah), Strong's H5378: to exact. 1) to lend on interest or usury, be a creditor 1a) (Qal) creditor (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) to act as a creditor"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g5110", "title": "G5110 — τόκος (tokos): interest", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "τόκος (tokos), Strong's G5110: interest. 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,"}, {"id": "card_n_58646bf965cb", "title": "La Rochefoucauld §laroch_236: It would seem that even self-love may be the dupe of goodness and forget itse...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "It would seem that even self-love may be the dupe of goodness and forget itself when we work for others. And yet it is but taking the shortest way to arrive at its aim, taking usury under the pretext "}, {"id": "card_n_6142314edb98", "title": "Psalm 15 — Psalm 15", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "<<A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart; He who doesn't slander wi"}]}