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kred´i-tẽr ((a) × ×©××”, noÌ„sheh, participle of × ×©××”, naÌ„shaÌ„hÌŒ: (English translation: 25); ; ; translated “extortioner,†; “taker of usury,†the King James Version; (b) מלוה, malweh, participle of לוה, laÌ„waÌ„h, the Revised Version (British and American), the King James Version “lenderâ€; (c) בּעל מש××” ידו, ba‛al mashsheÌ„h yaÌ„dhoÌ„ÌŒ: “lord of the loan of his hand,†; (d) δανιστηÌÏ‚, danisteÌ„ÌsÌŒ: , “creditor†the King James Version, “lender†the Revised Version (British and American); compare further danistoÌs, Sirach 29:28, “lender†the King James Version, “money-lender†the Revised Version (British and American)): In the ideal social system of the Old Testament, debts are incurred only because of poverty, and the law protected the poor debtor from his creditor, who in is forbidden to demand interest, and in to exact payment in view of the nearness of the year of release. shows that the actual practice was not so considerate, and in consequence the creditor fell into bad repute. In he is the extortioner; in the oppressor is evidently the creditor, though a different word is used; compare also . In Sirach 29:28 the importunity of the creditor is one of the hardships of the poor man of understanding. The actual practice of the Jews may be gathered from ; ; and Sirach 29:1-11. See also DEBT.