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G586 ἀποδεκατόω (apodekatóō)
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Quick Definition

ἀποδεκατόω v. I take off a tenth part, pay tithe

Strong's Definition

from 575 and 1183; to tithe (as debtor or creditor)

KJV Usage: (give, pay, take) tithe

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | δεκατόω

57.114 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give

to give a tenth, to tithe to give a tenth of one’s income

MAT 23:23 · LUK 11:42 · LUK 18:12

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.’

HEB 7:5

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀπο-δεκατεύω, Lk. xviii. 12, for ἀποδεκατόω q.v.; [cf. WH. App. p. 171). ἀπο-δεκατόω, -@, inf. pres. ἀποδεκατοῖν, Heb. vii. 5 T Tr WH (ef. Delitzsch ad loc. ; B. 44 (388); [Tdf.’s note ad loc. ; WH. Intr. §410]); (8exarow q. v.); a bibl. and eccl. word ; Sept. for wy; to tithe i.e. 1. with ace. of the thing, to give, pay, a tenth of any thing: Mt. xxiii. 23; Lk. xi. 42; xviii. 12 where T WH, after codd. δὲ" B only, have adopted ἀποδεκατεύω, for which the simple δεκατεύω is more common in Grk. writ.; (Gen. xxviii. 22; Deut. xiv.21(22)). 2. τινά, fo exact, receive, atenth from any one: Heb. vii. 5; (1S. viii. 15,17). [B.D.s. v. Tithe.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀποδεκατόω apodekatoō 4x

to pay or give tithes of, Mt. 23:23; Lk. 11:42; 18:12; to tithe, levy tithes upon, Heb. 7:5*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† ἀπο-δεκατεύω = ἀποδεκατόω, q.v., to tithe, pay a tenth of: Lk 18:12.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀποδεκατόω (apodekatoō) — to tithe. ἀποδεκᾰτόω, tithe, take a tenth of, τι [LXX+NT]; ἀ. τὸν λαόν take tithe of them, [LXX+NT]

II. pay tithe of, τι [LXX+NT]

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