Dekate means “tithe” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1181 — baaleybamoth (“lords of the high places”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1181 δεκάτη (dekate) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. dekate (dek-at'-ay) adj. 1. a tenth, i.e. as a percentage 2. (technically) a tithe It has 18 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include tenth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
dekate (dek-at'-ay) adj. 1. a tenth, i.e. as a percentage 2. (technically) a tithe [feminine of G1182] KJV: tenth (part), tithe Root(s): G1182
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tenth
Usage: δεκάτη, -ης, ἡ prop. fem. (sc. μέρος) of δέκατος, -η, -ον, [in LXX for מַעֲשֵׂר: Gen.14:20, Neh.12:44, and al. ;] a tenth part, a tithe: Heb.7:2, 4; 8, 9 (for a curious inversion of the Biblical use, see MM, see word).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render dekate, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1181 (δεκάτη) appears 15 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
9 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
and blessed be the most high God who delivered thine enemies into thy power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all.
And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of all whatsoever thou shalt give me, I will tithe a tenth for thee.
And if a man should at all redeem his tithe, he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and are resolved to spend the firstfruits of the corn, and the tenths of wine and oil, which they had sanctified, and reserved for the priests that serve in Jerusalem before the face of our God; the which things it is not lawful for any of the people so much as to touch with their hands.
But I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it was ordained unto all the people of Israel by an everlasting decree, having the firstfruits and tenths of increase, with that which was first shorn; and them gave I at the altar to the priests the children of Aaron.
The first tenth part of all increase I gave to the sons of Aaron, who ministered at Jerusalem: another tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it every year at Jerusalem:
First 18 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1181.
and blessed be the most high God who delivered thine enemies into thy power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all.
And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of all whatsoever thou shalt give me, I will tithe a tenth for thee.
And if a man should at all redeem his tithe, he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his.
Thou shalt tithe a tenth of all the produce of thy seed, the fruit of thy field year by year.
And the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer in Shiloh the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land.
And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
and are resolved to spend the firstfruits of the corn, and the tenths of wine and oil, which they had sanctified, and reserved for the priests that serve in Jerusalem before the face of our God; the which things it is not lawful for any of the people so much as to touch with their hands.
But I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it was ordained unto all the people of Israel by an everlasting decree, having the firstfruits and tenths of increase, with that which was first shorn; and them gave I at the altar to the priests the children of Aaron.
The first tenth part of all increase I gave to the sons of Aaron, who ministered at Jerusalem: another tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it every year at Jerusalem:
They brought also the priest’s garments, and the firstfruits, and the tithes: and the Nazirites they stirred up, who had accomplished their days.
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words; Be as one that knoweth and yet holdeth his tongue.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1181, grouped by book.
Dekate (Strong's G1181) is a Greek word most simply glossed "tithe". dekate (dek-at'-ay) adj. 1. a tenth, i.e. as a percentage 2. (technically) a tithe
This page currently indexes 18 linked usages for Strong's G1181 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1181 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as tenth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 9 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1181, with linked reader references where each row is available.