Strong H6237עָשַׂר

to tithe

Transliteration: ‛âώar
Pronunciation: aw-sar'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root (identical with H6238); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from H6235; to {tithe} that {is} take or give a tenth: - X {surely} give (take) the {tenth} ({have} take) tithe ({-ing} {-s}) X truly.

Detailed definition

1) to tithe, take the tenth part of, give a tithe, take a tithe
1a) (Qal) to tithe
1b) (Piel) to give a tithe
1c) (Hiphil) to take a tithe

In the Bible

Strong H6237 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

take3
tithe3
give1
shalt1
will1

First verses

Genesis 28:22
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Deuteronomy 14:22
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
Deuteronomy 26:12
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
1 Samuel 8:15
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
1 Samuel 8:17
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
Nehemiah 10:37
And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
Nehemiah 10:38
And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.

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