Dict: easton - Usury

Usury @ 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 kjv@Leviticus:25:36-37), only, however, in their dealings with each other kjv@Deuteronomy:23:19-20). The violation of this law was viewed as a great crime kjv@Psalms:15:5; kjv@Proverbs:28:8; kjv@Jeremiah:15:10). After the Return, and later, this law was much neglected kjv@Nehemiah:5:7 kjv@Nehemiah:5:10).