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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))
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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.
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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 Box Gen 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:22 - then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:22 - You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth from the field year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - When you have made an end of tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15 - He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:17 - He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, to the Kohanim, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - The Kohen the son of Aharon shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house.
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