Lexicon dekatoó: to collect tithes Original Word: δεκατόωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dekatoó Phonetic Spelling: (dek-at-o'-o) Short Definition: I tithe, collect tithe from Definition: I tithe, collect tithe from. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1183 dekatóō– to tithe.  See 1181 (dekátē).  NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom  dekatéDefinitionto collect tithes NASB Translationcollected a tenth (1), paid tithes (1). 
 Thayer's STRONGS NT 1183: δεκατόωδεκατόω,  δεκάτῳ: perfect  δεδεκάτωκα; perfect passive  δεδεκατωμαι; ( δέκατος);  to exact or receive the tenth part (for which Greek writers use  δεκατεύω ( Winer's Grammar, 24)): with the accusative of person from whom,  Hebrews 7:6 (on the perfect cf.  Winers Grammar, § 40, 4 a.;  Lightfoot St. Clement, Appendix, p. 414); passive  to pay tithes ( Vulg.decimor):  Hebrews 7:9. ( Nehemiah 10:37.) (Compare:  ἀποδεκατόω.)    
 
 
 
 Strong's pay or receive tithes.  From dekate; to tithe, i.e. To give or take a tenth -- pay (receive) tithes.  see GREEK dekate   |  
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