Word

δεκατόω

dekatóō · G1183 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to collect tithes, to exact tithes from

To cause someone to pay a tenth

Examples
Hebrews 7:6 But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.
to give a tenth, to tithe

To give a tenth of one’s income

Examples
Hebrews 7:9 And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, has paid tithes,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

γενεαλογέωto be in the lineage of 1
ΛευΐLevi 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἈβραάμAbraham 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

διάthrough+ ἈβραάμAbraham 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To give a tenth, to tithe57.114: Used of the act of paying a tenth portion, as of Levi, still in Abraham's loins, paying tithes through Abraham's own act in Hebrews 7:9.
To collect tithes, to exact tithes from57.115: Used of receiving the tenth portion from another, as of Melchizedek, though not tracing his genealogy from Levi, collecting a tenth from Abraham in Hebrews 7:6.

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

δέκα déka · G1176 · ten · 27×δεκατέσσαρες dekatéssares · G1180 · fourteen · 5×ἀποδεκατόω apodekatóō · G586 · to give a tenth, to tithe, to collect tithes · 4×δεκάτη dekátē · G1181 · a tenth, i.e. as a percentage or tithe · 4×δεκαπέντε dekapénte · G1178 · fifteen · 3×Δεκάπολις Dekápolis · G1179 · the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria · 3×δέκατος dékatos · G1182 · tenth, tenth part · 3×δεκατόωdekatóō · G1183δεκαδύο dekadýo · G1177 · two and ten, i.e. twelve · 0×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon δεκάτῳ: perfect δεδεκάτωκα; perfect passive δεδεκατωμαι; (δέκατος); to exact or receive…

δεκάτῳ: perfect δεδεκάτωκα; perfect passive δεδεκατωμαι; (δέκατος); to exact or receive the tenth part (for which Greek writers use δεκατεύω (Winer's Grammar, 24)): with the accusative of person from whom, Heb 7:6 (on the perfect cf. Winers Grammar, § 40, 4 a.; Lightfoot St. Clement, Appendix, p. 414); passive to pay tithes (Vulg.decimor): Heb 7:9. (Neh 10:37.) (Compare: ἀποδεκατόω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

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Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0