מַעֲשֵׂר
maʻăsêr · mah-as-ayr'
a tenth; especially a tithe
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַעֲשַׂר; and (in plural) feminine מַעַשְׂרָה; from H6240 (עָשָׂר);
a tenth; especially a tithe
- a tenth
- especially a tithe
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: tenth (part), tithe(-ing).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעֲשֵׂר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the tithe4 · 13%
- and the tithes3 · 9%
- and your tithes2 · 6%
- and the tithe2 · 6%
- him tithes1 · 3%
- and all the tithe1 · 3%
- ought of his tithes1 · 3%
- and concerning the tithe1 · 3%
- all the tenth1 · 3%
- but the tithes1 · 3%
- the tithes1 · 3%
- even a tenth1 · 3%
- part of the tithe1 · 3%
- of all your tithes1 · 3%
- your tithes1 · 3%
- there, the tithe1 · 3%
- all the tithe1 · 3%
- all the tithes1 · 3%
- of tithing1 · 3%
- of the tithes1 · 3%
- and for the tithes1 · 3%
- the tenth part1 · 3%
- ye shall offer the tenth part1 · 3%
- thee? in tithes1 · 3%
- ye all the tithes1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.