Nehemiah 5:7
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Then 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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָעַץ
yâʻats
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
אַדִּיר
ʼaddîyr
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
נָגַשׂ
nâgas
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָגַשׂ nâgas
to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize
Study H5065 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
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