Definition

a tenth; especially a tithe

Etymology

or מַעֲשַׂר; and (in plural) feminine מַעַשְׂרָה; from H6240 (עָשָׂר);

Where the KJV renders it

• tenth (part)
• tithe(-ing)

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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