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eg-zakt´:
(1) × ×’×©×‚, naÌ„ghas (, ; ; ), to secure by force or pressure interest or money for tribute, and perhaps, in , labor or toil; but compare the Revised Version, margin “oppress all your laborersâ€; probably better with a slight change of text, “exact money lent on pledges†(reading for עבט בּידכ×, ‛ăbhoÌ„tÌ£ beyedhekhem, עצּביכ×, ‛accebheÌ„khem).
(2) × ×©××, naÌ„shaÌ„', or × ×©××”, naÌ„shaÌ„h (, (the King James Version not the Revised Version (British and American)), 11; (but see below); ), to demand interest, to be a harsh and importunate creditor, a practice which Nehemiah asks the Jews to forego. better with the Revised Version, margin for “exact,†“causeth to be forgotten.â€
(3) יוצ×, yoÌ„ceÌ„' ( (if text is correct)). Menahem secured the tribute which the king of Assyria demanded by levying a tax on the chief men of his kingdom.
(4) Ï€ÏαÌσσειν, praÌssein ( the King James Version (compare Septuagint); 1 Macc 10:35 the Revised Version (British and American)), to demand money or tribute or taxes of anyone.