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Interest
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
primarily "a bringing forth, birth" (from tikto, "to beget"), then, "an offspring," is used metaphorically of the produce of money lent out, "interest," usury, Matthew 25:27; Luke 19:23 . See USURY.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Interest'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/i/interest.html. 1940.