עָשַׂר
ʻâsar · H6237 · Hebrew · 10 occurrences
Meanings
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to take the tenth, to receive tithes
Action by which humans the tenth part of something
Examples1 Samuel 8:15 “And he will take a tenth of your seed and your vineyards and give it to his high officials and his servants.
1 Samuel 8:17 “He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants.
Nehemiah 10:37 We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine, and the oil to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the rural towns.
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to give the tenth, to give tithes
Action by which humans give the tenth part of something to someone else
ExamplesGenesis 28:22 “And this stone, which I have set up as a memorial stone, will be God’s house, and of everything that You give me I will assuredly give a tenth to You.”
Deuteronomy 14:22 “You shall certainly tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes from the field every year.
Deuteronomy 26:12 “When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.
How it’s used In 5 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
8 occurrences in 7 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- לֵוִיִּיLevite 1
- נָהָרriver 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 6 groups
- זֶרַעoffspring, seed 1
- כֶּרֶםvineyard 1
- מַעֲשֵׂרtithe, tenth 1
- צֹאןflock, small cattle, sheep and goats 1
- תְּבוּאָהyield 1
- וֹhim 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בin/on/with+ עִירcity, town 1
- בin/on/with+ שָׁנֶהyear 1
- לto/for+ ךְyou 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֵםthey, them 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 1
- לto/for 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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In the other Testament 2 words
- ἀποδεκατόω apodekatóō · G586 · to give a tenth, to tithe, to collect tithes
- Greek ἀποδεκατόω specifically denotes the act of tithing with emphasis on the transactional aspect (debtor or creditor perspective), directly rendering Hebrew עָשַׂר's core sense of giving or taking a tenth, though the Greek compound prefix ἀπο- adds a nuance of payment or rendering that is implicit rather than explicit in the Hebrew root.
- δεκάτη dekátē · G1181 · a tenth, i.e. as a percentage or tithe
- δεκάτη (dekátē, G1181) serves as the standard Greek rendering of עָשַׂר (ʻâsar, H6237) in LXX contexts involving the tithe or tenth portion, directly translating the Hebrew verb's nominal sense of 'a tenth' or 'tithe' into Greek substantival form.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Possess002003002019
- עָשַׂר describes taking a tenth or tithe, as in the king's taking a tenth of the people's seed, vineyards, and flocks in 1 Samuel 8:15 and 8:17.
- Non-Possess002003002018
- The word also describes giving a tithe away, as in Jacob's vow to give a tenth to God in Genesis 28:22 and the commands to tithe one's produce in Deuteronomy 14:22 and 26:12.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6237. asar [עָשַׂר] verb denominative take the tenth of, tithe; — Qal…
[עָשַׂר] verb denominative take the tenth of, tithe; —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יַעְשׂר 1Sa 8:15, 1Sa 8:17 (with accusative of thing tithed).
Pi`el Imperfect + Infinitive absolute give a tenth of, with accusative of thing: 2 masculine singular תְּעַשֵּׂר עַשֵּׂר Deu 14:22; Deu 14:1singular לָ֑ח אֲעַשְּׂרֶנּוּ עַשֵּׂר Gen 28:22 (P); Participle taking the tenth, הַמְעַשְּׂרִים Neh 10:38.
Hiph`il (so usually explained) Infinitive לַעְשֵׂר Deu 26:12 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb i.e. taking, reckoning, tithe, but Infinitive construct with ֵ֯ improbable, < read לְעַשֵּׂר
Pi`el; בַּעְשֵׂר Neh 10:39 absolute, i.e. receiving tithes, but read probably בַּעְשׂר
Qal (on anomalous points, see Ges§ 53k DrDeu 26:12).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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