Quick Definition
δεκατόω v. I tithe, collect tithe from
Strong's Definition
from 1181; to tithe, i.e. to give or take a tenth
KJV Usage: pay (receive) tithes
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb
57.115 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give
to collect tithes, to exact tithes from to cause someone to pay a tenth In a number of languages there are problems involved in speaking of ‘a tenth,’ and accordingly there are difficulties in formulating expressions about ‘tithing.’ In some languages one may speak of ‘a tenth’ as ‘one part of ten parts’ or ‘one part together with nine parts.’ ‘To tithe’ may be rendered as ‘from ten parts to pay one part’ or ‘to pay one part and to keep nine parts.’
57.114 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give
to give a tenth, to tithe to give a tenth of one’s income In HEB 7:9 it may be important to indicate clearly that it was not Levi himself who received the tenth but his descendants. Therefore, one may render the latter part of HEB 7:9 as ‘Levi, whose descendants collect the tenth, also paid it.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δεκατόω, -@: pf. dedexatwxa; pf. pass. δεδεκάτωμαι ; (δέκατος); fo exact or receive the tenth part (for which Grk. writ. use δεκατεύω [W. 24]): with ace. of pers. from whom, Heb. vii. 6 [on the pf. ef. W. § 40, 4a.; Lghtft. St. Clement, App. p. 414]; Pass. to pay tithes (Vulg. decimor): Heb. vii. 9. (Neh. x. 37.) [Comp.: ἀποSexarow. |
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δεκατόω dekatoō 2x
to cause to pay tithes; pass. to be tithed, pay tithes, Heb. 7:6, 9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† δεκατόω, -ῶ,
= cl. -τεύω (< δεκάτη), [in LXX: Ne 10:37 (38) (עשׂר pi.) * ;]
to take tithe of: c. acc. pers., He 7:6; pass. to pay tithe: He 7:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δεκατόω cannot be paralleled except in LXX, as far as we can find. Since δεκάτη had become a conspicuous ¢erm. techn. in Judaism, the coining of a new verb, to express a procedure without any real parallel in profane Greek, was wholly natural in any literature. The coinage was the more encouraged, as Sekarevw was getting new senses, in addition to “tithe”: it was for instance used in astrology = terpayevitw, PSI III. 1584 note.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δεκατόω (dekatoō) — to tithe. δεκᾰτόω, take tithe of a person, τινά [NT]:—passive, pay tithe, [Refs]