Lexicon dekaté: a tenth part, a tithe Original Word: δεκάτη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: dekaté Phonetic Spelling: (dek-at'-ay) Short Definition: a tenth part, a tithe Definition: a tenth part, a tithe. HELPS word-Studies 1181 dekátē – properly, a tenth (a tenth part), a tithe; (figuratively) "the first part" standing for the whole, i.e. entire consecration (totality). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dekaDefinitiona tenth part, a tithe NASB Translationtenth (1), tenth part (1), tithes (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1181: δεκάτῃδεκάτῃ, δεκάτης, ἡ ( δέκατος), the tenth part of anything, a tithe; specially the tenth part of booty taken from the enemy: Hebrews 7:2, 4; the tithes of the fruits of the earth and of the flocks, which, by the law of Moses, were presented to the Levites in the congregation of Israel: Hebrews 7:8f (In Greek writings from ( Simonides 133 Bgk.; Herodotus 2, 135); 4, 152 down; the Sept. for מַעֲשֵׂר.) (Cf. BB. DD. under the word .)
Strong's tenth, tithe. Feminine of dekatos; a tenth, i.e. As a percentage or (technically) tithe -- tenth (part), tithe. see GREEK dekatos |
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