Strong's Hebrew · H6237
עָשַׂר
ʻâsar · aw-sar'
[idiom] surely, give (take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), [idiom] truly.
Definition
to tithe, i.e. to take or give atenth
Derivation
a primitive root (identical with H6238 (עָשַׁר)); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from H6235 (עֶשֶׂר);
Appears 10 times in Scripture
“When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.”
“Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.”
“He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.”
“You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields.”
“A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.”
“And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.””
“He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.”
“Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).