Limitless Word
תַּרְבִּיתtarbîyth/tar-beeth'/
HebrewH86366 occurrences (KJV)

multiplication, i.e. percentage or bonus in addition to principal

KJV renders it: increase, unjust gain.

Where it appears

  • Lev 25:36Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.
  • Prov 28:8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
  • Ezek 18:8he who has not lent on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
  • Ezek 18:13has lent on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood shall be on him.
  • Ezek 18:17who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
  • Ezek 22:12In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.