Dictionary entry

τόκος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

τόκος, -ου, ὁ

(< τίκτω), [in LXX for נֶשֶׁךְ, etc.;]

(a) a bringing forth, birth;

(b) offspring. Metaph., of the produce of money lent out, interest, usury (cf. Merch. of Venice, I, iii, "a breed of barren metal "): Mt 25:27, Lk 19:23 (Soph., Plat., al.).†