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5:1 Then there was <01961> a great <01419> outcry <06818> from the people <05971> and their wives <0802> against <0413> their fellow <0251> Jews <03064>. 5:2 There were <03426> those who <0834> said <0559>, “With our sons <01121> and daughters <01323>, we <0587> are many <07227>. We must obtain <03947> grain <01715> in order to eat <0398> and stay alive <02421>.” 5:3 There were <03426> others who <0834> said <0559>, “We <0587> are putting up <06148> our fields <07704>, our vineyards <03754>, and our houses <01004> as collateral in order to obtain <03947> grain <01715> during the famine <07458>.” 5:4 Then there were <03426> those who <0834> said <0559>, “We have borrowed <03867> money <03701> to pay our taxes <04060> to the king <04428> on our fields <07704> and our vineyards <03754>. 5:5 And now <06258>, though we share the same flesh <01320> and blood <01320> as our fellow <02009> countrymen <0251>, and our children <01121> are just like their children <01121>, still we <0587> have found <03533> it necessary to subject <03533> our sons <01121> and daughters <01323> to slavery <05650>. Some of our daughters <01323> have been subjected to slavery <03533>, while we are powerless to help <03027> <0410> <0369>, since our fields <07704> and vineyards <03754> now belong to other people <0312>.” 5:6 I was very <03966> angry <02734> when <0834> I heard <08085> their outcry <02201> and these <0428> complaints <01697>.

• Neh 5:1-19 -- Nehemiah Intervenes on behalf of the Oppressed

• WRATH, (ANGER)

  [isbe] WRATH, (ANGER) - rath, roth, rath ('aph, from 'anaph, "to snort," "to be angry"; orge, thumos, orgizomai): Designates various degrees of feeling, such as sadness (Ps 85:4), a frown or turning away of the face in grief or ang...
  

• TRIBUTE

  [isbe] TRIBUTE - trib'-ut (mac, "tribute," really meaning "forced laborers," "labor gang" (1 Ki 4:6; 9:15,21); also "forced service," "serfdom"; possibly "forced payment" is meant in Est 10:1; the idea contained in the modern word ...
  

• TOLL

  [isbe] TOLL - tol: (1) Aramaic middah, "toll" or "tribute" paid by a vassal nation to its conqueror (Ezr 4:20; 6:8; Neh 5:4); written also mindah (Ezr 4:13; 7:24). More accurately for halakh, "toll," or "way tax" (Ezr 4:13,10; 7:24...
  

• TAX; TAXING

  [isbe] TAX; TAXING - taks, taks'-ing: I. INTRODUCTION 1. General Considerations 2. Limits of the Discussion II. TAXES IN ISRAEL UNDER SELF-GOVERNMENT 1. In the Earliest Period 2. Under the Theocracy; in the Period of the Judges 3. ...
  

• TAKE

  [isbe] TAKE - tak: Most of the very numerous examples of this word are still in good use and only a few call for special attention. "To take" in the sense of "capture" is still common, but when a person or living animal is in point...
  

• SURETY

  [isbe] SURETY - shoor'-ti: This word is used in three different connections or groups: (1) As a derivative of the word "sure" it means "of a certainty" or "surely."--In Gen 15:13 the infinitive absolute of the verb is used to give ...
  

• SLAVE; SLAVERY

  [isbe] SLAVE; SLAVERY - slav, slav'-er-i: 1. Acquiring of Slaves 2. Hebrews as War Captives 3. Freedom of Slaves 4. Rights of Slaves 5. Rights of Slave Masters 6. The New Testament Conception LITERATURE The origin of the term "slav...
  

• SALVATION

  [isbe] SALVATION - sal-va'-shun: I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. General 2. Individualism 3. Faith 4. Moral Law 5. Sacrifices 6. Ritual Law II. INTERMEDIATE LITERATURE 1. General 2. The Law III. THE TEACHING OF CHRIST 1. The Baptist 2. ...
  

• RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY

  [isbe] RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY - re-la'-shun-ships: I. CONSANGUINITY 1. In General 2. Parents and Children 3. Brothers and Sisters 4. Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Kinsmen II. AFFINITY 1. Husband and Wife 2. Father-in-Law, etc. 3. Brother-...
  

• POVERTY

  [isbe] POVERTY - pov'-er-ti: 1. Old Testament References: This word, found but once in the Old Testament (Gen 45:11) outside of the Book of Proverbs in which it occurs 11 times (6:11; 10:15; 11:24 the King James Version; 13:18; 20:...
  

• MALACHI

  [isbe] MALACHI - mal'-a-ki: 1. Name of the Prophet 2. The Prophet's Times 3. Contents 4. Style 5. Message LITERATURE 1. Name of the Prophet: The last book of the Old Testament. Nothing is known of the person of Malachi. Because his...
  

• LEND, LOAN

  [isbe] LEND, LOAN - lon: The translation of 7 Hebrew and 2 Greek vbs.: 1. Lexical Usages: In the Old Testament: lawah, "to join," "cause to join," "lend" (Ex 22:25; Dt 28:12,44; Ps 37:26; Prov 19:17); nashah, "to bite," "lend" (Dt ...
  

• Jubilee

  [ebd] a joyful shout or clangour of trumpets, the name of the great semi-centennial festival of the Hebrews. It lasted for a year. During this year the land was to be fallow, and the Israelites were only permitted to gather the sp...
  

• GET; GETTING

  [isbe] GET; GETTING - A great many Hebrew words are in the Old Testament translated "get," "got," etc. The word "get" has two meanings: (1) with the idea of movement, "to go," etc.; (2) with that of acquisition, "to gain," "obtain,...
  

• FATHER

  [isbe] FATHER - fa'-ther (Anglo-Saxon, Foeder; German, Vater; Hebrew 'abh, etymology uncertain, found in many cognate languages; Greek pater, from root pa, "nourisher," "protector," "upholder"): 1. Immediate Male Ancestor: Immediat...
  

• FAMINE

  [isbe] FAMINE - fam'-in (ra`abh; limos): 1. Natural Causes 2. Famines Mentioned 3. Divine Relations 4. Figurative Uses The common Old Testament word for "famine" is ra`abh; re`abhon also occurs (Gen 42:19,33; Ps 37:19), and kaphan ...
  

• Creditor

  [isbe] CREDITOR - kred'-i-ter ((a) nosheh, participle of nashah: Ex 22:24 (English translation: 25); 2 Ki 4:1; Isa 50:1; translated "extortioner," Ps 109:11; "taker of usury," Isa 24:2 the King James Version; (b) malweh, participle...
  [nave] CREDITOR. Laws Concerning Ex. 21:2-6; Ex. 22:25-27; Lev. 25:14-17, 35-37; Deut. 15:2, 3; Deut. 23:19, 20; Deut. 24:6, 10-13, 17; Matt. 5:42; Luke 6:34 Oppressions of 2 Kin. 4:1; Neh. 5:1-13; Job 20:18-20; Job 22:6; Job 2...
  

• CHILD; CHILDREN

  [isbe] CHILD; CHILDREN - child, chil'-dren (ben, "son," yeledh, "child" na`ar, "lad"; teknon, paidion): The Hebrews regarded the presence of children in the family as a mark of Divine favor and greatly to be desired (Gen 15:2; 30:1...
  

• Borrowing

  [nave] BORROWING. Ex. 22:14, 15; Neh. 5:1-13; Psa. 37:21; Prov. 22:7; Matt. 5:42 See: Lending; Interest. Instances of Israelites from the Egyptians, Ex. 3:22; 11:2; 12:35. Borrowing trouble, See: Trouble, Borrowing.
  

• BONDAGE

  [isbe] BONDAGE - bon'-daj: Used in two senses in Scripture, a literal and a metaphorical sense. (1) In the former sense it refers (a) to the condition of the Hebrews ('abhodhah) in Egypt (Ex 1:14 the King James Version; Ex 2:23 and...
  

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