עָשַׂר
a.sar
“to tithe”
Definition
to tithe, i.e. to take or give atenth
a primitive root (identical with H6238 (עָשַׁר)); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);
- 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
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
עָשַׂר appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.
When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.
And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
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