Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
tithe
Usage: 1) tithe, tenth part 1a) tenth part 1b) tithe, payment of a tenth part
Maaser means “tenth” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4643 — sklerotes (“hardness”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4643 מַעֲשֵׂר מַעֲשַׂר מַעַשׂרָה (ma`aser) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ma`aser (mah-as-ayr') (or maasar {mah-as-ar'} and (in plural) feminine maasrah {mah-as-raw'};) n-m. 1. a tenth 2. especially a tithe It has 27 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include tithe and tenth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
ma`aser (mah-as-ayr') (or maasar {mah-as-ar'} and (in plural) feminine maasrah {mah-as-raw'};) n-m. 1. a tenth 2. especially a tithe [from H6240] KJV: tenth (part), tithe(-ing). Root(s): H6240
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tithe
Usage: 1) tithe, tenth part 1a) tenth part 1b) tithe, payment of a tenth part
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ma`aser, 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.
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27 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4643.
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.
And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
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.
And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
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.
The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
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Maaser (Strong's H4643) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "tenth". ma`aser (mah-as-ayr') (or maasar {mah-as-ar'} and (in plural) feminine maasrah {mah-as-raw'};) n-m. 1. a tenth 2. especially a tithe
This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's H4643 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4643 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as tithe and tenth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.