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Lexicon :: Strong's H6237 - ʿāśar

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עָשַׂר
Transliteration
ʿāśar
Pronunciation
aw-sar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root (ident. with עָשַׁר (H6238))
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1711c

Strong’s Definitions

עָשַׂר ʻâsar, aw-sar'; a primitive root (identical with H6238); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from H6235; to tithe, i.e. to take or give a tenth:—× surely, give (take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), × truly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6237 in the following manner: tithe (4x), take..tenth (2x), give tenth (1x), surly (1x), truly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6237 in the following manner: tithe (4x), take..tenth (2x), give tenth (1x), surly (1x), truly (1x).

  1. to tithe, take the tenth part of, give a tithe, take a tithe

    1. (Qal) to tithe

    2. (Piel) to give a tithe

    3. (Hiphil) to take a tithe

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָשַׂר ʻâsar, aw-sar'; a primitive root (identical with H6238); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from H6235; to tithe, i.e. to take or give a tenth:—× surely, give (take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), × truly.
STRONGS H6237: Abbreviations
† [עָשַׂר] verb denominative take the tenth of, tithe; —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעְשׂר 1 Samuel 8:15, 17 (with accusative of thing tithed).
Pi. Imperfect + Infinitive absolute give a tenth of, with accusative of thing: 2nd person masculine singular עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר Deuteronomy 14:22; 1st person singular עַשֵּׂר אֲעַשְּׂרֶנּוּ לָ֑ח Genesis 28:22 (P); Participle taking the tenth, הַמְעַשְּׂרִים Nehemiah 10:38.
Hiph. (so usually explained) Infinitive לַעְשֵׂר Deuteronomy 26:12 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb i.e. taking, reckoning, tithe, but Infinitive construct with ֵ֯ improbable, < read לְעַשֵּׂר Pi.; בַּעְשֵׂר Nehemiah 10:39 absolute, i.e. receiving tithes, but read probably בַּעְשׂר Qal (on anomalous points, see Ges§ 53k DrDeuteronomy 26:12).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:22

Deuteronomy

14:22; 26:12; 26:12

1 Samuel

8:15; 8:17

Nehemiah

10:38; 10:39

H6237

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6237 matches the Hebrew עָשַׂר (ʿāśar),
which occurs 9 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:22 - “This H2088 stone, H68 which H834 I have set H7760 up as a pillar, H4676 will be God’s H430 house, H1004 and of all H3605 that You give H5414 me I will surely H6237 give H6237 a tenth H6237 to You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:22 - “You shall surely H6237 tithe H6237 all H3605 the produce H8393 from [fn]what H2233 you sow, H2233 which comes H3318 out of the field H7704 every H8141 year. H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - “When H3588 you have finished H3615 [fn]paying H6237 all H3605 the tithe H4643 of your increase H8393 in the third H7992 year, H8141 the year H8141 of tithing, H4643 then you shall give H5414 it to the Levite, H3881 to the stranger, H1616 to the [fn]orphan H3490 and to the widow, H490 that they may eat H398 in your [fn]towns H8179 and be satisfied. H7646

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15 - “He will take H6237 a tenth H6237 of your seed H2233 and of your vineyards H3754 and give H5414 to his officers H5631 and to his servants. H5650

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:17 - “He will take H6237 a tenth H6237 of your flocks, H6629 and you yourselves H859 will become H1961 his servants. H5650

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will also bring H935 the first H7225 of our [fn]dough, H6182 our contributions, H8641 the fruit H6529 of every H3605 tree, H6086 the new H8492 wine H8492 and the oil H3323 to the priests H3548 at the chambers H3957 of the house H1004 of our God, H430 and the tithe H4643 of our ground H127 to the Levites, H3881 for the Levites H3881 are they who receive H6237 the tithes H6237 in all H3605 the rural H5656 towns. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - The priest, H3548 the son H1121 of Aaron, H175 shall be with the Levites H3881 when the Levites H3881 receive H6237 tithes, H6237 and the Levites H3881 shall bring H5927 up the tenth H4643 of the tithes H4643 to the house H1004 of our God, H430 to the chambers H3957 of the storehouse. H214
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