Definition

to tithe, i.e. to take or give atenth

Etymology

a primitive root (identical with H6238 (עָשַׁר)); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);

Where the KJV renders it

• surely
• give (take) the tenth
• (have
• take) tithe(-ing
• -s)
• truly

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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