Quick Definition
to tithe
Strong's Definition
to tithe, i.e. to take or give atenth
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with H6238 (עָשַׁר)); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);
KJV Usage: [idiom] surely, give (take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), [idiom] truly.
TWOT Reference: 1711c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָשַׂר (a.sar) — to tithe. 1) to tithe, take the tenth part of, give a tithe, take a tithe 1a) (Qal) to tithe 1b) (Piel) to give a tithe 1c) (Hiphil) to take a tithe
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַעֲשֵׂר · עָשֹׂור · עֲשִׂירִי · עֶשֶׂר · עָשָׂר · עִשָּׂרֹון
Possess | verb qal, verb pi, verb hif
to take the tenth, to receive tithes = action by which humans the tenth part of something
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָשַׂר vb. denom. tale the tenth of, tithe base