Original Word: τόκος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: tokos
Pronunciation: TO-kos
Phonetic Spelling: (tok'-os)
KJV: usury
NASB: interest
Word Origin: [from the base of G5088 (τίκτω - gave birth)]

1. interest on money loaned (as a produce)

usury.

From the base of tikto; interest on money loaned (as a produce) -- usury.

see GREEK tikto

Word Origin
from tiktó
Definition
a bringing forth, birth, fig. interest, usury
NASB Translation
interest (2).

STRONGS NT 5110: τόκος

τόκος, τόκου, ὁ (from τίκτω, perfect τέτοκα);

1. birth;

a. the act of bringing forth.

b. that which has been brought forth, offspring; (in both senses from Homer down).

2. interest of money, usury (because it multiplies money, and as it were 'breeds' (cf. e. g. Merchant of Venice 1:3)): Matthew 25:27; Luke 19:23 (so in Greek writings from Pindar and Aristophanes down; the Sept. for נֶשֶׁך).

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