עֲשִׂירִי
ʻăsîyrîy · as-ee-ree'
tenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);
tenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part
- tenth
- by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part
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).
Letters
- 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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › the head, the highest › the hand that works
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works of the head, the highest of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲשִׂירִי 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
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the tenth10 · 34%
- the tenth7 · 24%
- the tenth part2 · 7%
- of the tenth2 · 7%
- is the tenth1 · 3%
- for her, the tenth1 · 3%
- on the tenth1 · 3%
- and a tenth1 · 3%
- even to his tenth1 · 3%
- even to their tenth1 · 3%
- captain for the tenth1 · 3%
- but yet in it shall be a tenth1 · 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.