עָשַׂרʻâsar

take the tenth of, tithe

Pronunciation: aw-sar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6237

Meanings

Pi`el: give a tenth of, taking the tenth (Deuteronomy 14:22; Genesis 28:22; Nehemiah 10:38)

Hiph`il: taking, reckoning, tithe, receiving tithes (Deuteronomy 26:12; Nehemiah 10:39)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 28:22 And this memorial pillar I have set up will become a place for worshiping God, and I will present to God a tenth of everything he gives me.”
  • Deuteronomy 14:22 “You must set aside a tithe of your crops—one-tenth of all the crops you harvest each year.
  • Deuteronomy 26:12 “Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. In this year of the special tithe you must give your tithes to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, so that they will have enough to eat in your towns.
  • 1 Samuel 8:15 He will take a tenth of your grain and your grape harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants.
  • 1 Samuel 8:17 He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves.
  • Nehemiah 10:37 We will store the produce in the storerooms of the Temple of our God. We will bring the best of our flour and other grain offerings, the best of our fruit, and the best of our new wine and olive oil. And we promise to bring to the Levites a tenth of everything our land produces, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).