עָשַׂר
ʻâsar · aw-sar'
to tithe, i.e. to take or give atenth
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with H6238 (עָשַׁר)); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);
to tithe, i.e. to take or give atenth
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] surely, give (take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), [idiom] truly.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
To see and know that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָשַׂר 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- me i will surely1 · 11%
- give the tenth1 · 11%
- thou shalt truly1 · 11%
- tithe1 · 11%
- of tithing1 · 11%
- and he will take the tenth1 · 11%
- he will take the tenth1 · 11%
- might have the tithes1 · 11%
- take tithes1 · 11%
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.