Lexicon mekes: computation, proportion to be paid, tax Original Word: מֶ֫כֶסPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: mekes Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-kes) Short Definition: levy NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kasasDefinitioncomputation, proportion to be paid, tax NASB Translationlevy (5), tax (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מֶ֫כֶס noun masculine computation, proportion to be paid, tax (Palmyrene מכסא Reckend ZMG 1885, 379 ff.; Late Hebrew מֶכֶס, Aramaic מִכְסָא,  tax (hence Arabic  as loan-word Frä 283); Assyrian miksu, Dl HWB 407 (√ מכס); Late Hebrew מוֺכֵס tax-collector; so Assyrian makkasu, compare Arabic  ) — Numbers 31:28 ׳לי ׳זַהֲרֵמֹתָ֫ מ and thou shalt separate a tax (duty levied on the spoil) for ׳י, Numbers 31:37; Numbers 31:38; Numbers 31:39; Numbers 31:40; Numbers 31:41 (all P). Strong's tribute Probably from an unused root meaning to enumerate; an assessment (as based upon a census) -- tribute. |
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