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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4643

מַעֲשֵׂר

maasermah-as-ayr'

tithe

32 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: maʻăsêr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4643is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 24
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4643

a tenth; especially a tithe

The King James renders it: tenth (part), tithe(-ing).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

maaser is rendered "tithe". It stands 32 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.

The first use

and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

Genesis 14:20מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in nine of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 30 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • tithe of8
  • the tithe6
  • tithes your4
  • and tithe of3
  • tenth part of2
  • a tenth1
  • a tithe1
  • a tithe of1
  • and a tithe of1
  • and for the tithes1
  • and the tithe1
  • any of tithe his1

and 2 more, 32 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

מַעֲשֶׂהmaasehdeed: workUses236
מַעֲלָלmaalaldeedUses41
מַעֲלָהmaalahthoughtUses32
מַעֲרָכָהmaarakahrankUses19
מַעֲלֶהmaalehascentUses18
מַעֲרָבmaarabwestUses14
מַעֲרֶכֶתmaarekethrowUses10
מַעֲרָבmaarabmerchandiseUses9
מַעֲכָתִיMaakathiMaacathiteUses8
מַעֲנֶהmaanehanswerUses7
מַעֲמָדmaamadofficeUses5
מַעֲמָקmaamaqdeepUses5

and 14 more on the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 32, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

24 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • מַעְשַׂ֤ר5
  • וּמַעְשַׂ֥ר2
  • מַעְשַׂ֧ר2
  • מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר2
  • מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם2
  • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֗ר1
  • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֑ר1
  • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂר֙1
  • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֖ר1
  • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֜ר1
  • הַֽמַּעֲשֵֽׂר׃1
  • וְהַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֛ר1

and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)12HNcmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular6HTd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HC/Ncmsc
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural4HNcfpc/Sp2mp
  • noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1HC/Rd/Ncfpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Td/Ncmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms

Genesis

one use
  • and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

    Genesis 14:20

    • מַעֲשֵׂ֖רmaasernoun · masculine singulartagged: a tenth

Leviticus

three uses
  • Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.

    Leviticus 27:30

    • מַעְשַׂ֨רma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tithe of
  • If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.

    Leviticus 27:31

    • מִמַּֽעַשְׂר֑וֹmimaasropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: any of tithe his
  • Every tenth animal from the herd or flock that passes under the shepherd’s rod will be holy to the LORD.

    Leviticus 27:32

    • מַעְשַׂ֤רma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tithe of

Numbers

six uses
  • Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 18:21

    • מַֽעֲשֵׂ֥רmaasernoun · masculine singulartagged: tithe
  • For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”

    Numbers 18:24

    • מַעְשַׂ֣רma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tithe of
  • “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.

    Numbers 18:26

    • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֗רhamaaserthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tithe
    • מַעֲשֵׂ֖רmaasernoun · masculine singulartagged: a tithe
    • הַֽמַּעֲשֵֽׂר׃hamaaserthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tithe
  • So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.

    Numbers 18:28

    • מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םma'seroteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: tithes your

Deuteronomy

seven uses
  • To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

    Deuteronomy 12:6

    • מַעְשְׂרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םma'seroteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: tithes your
  • then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

    Deuteronomy 12:11

    • מַעְשְׂרֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ma'seroteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: tithes your
  • Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.

    Deuteronomy 12:17

    • מַעְשַׂ֤רma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tithe of
  • And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

    Deuteronomy 14:23

    • מַעְשַׂ֤רma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tithe of
  • At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.

    Deuteronomy 14:28

    • מַעְשַׂר֙ma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tithe of
  • 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.

    Deuteronomy 26:12

    • מַעְשַׂ֧רma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tithe of
    • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֑רhamaaserthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tithe

2 Chronicles

four uses
  • As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.

    2 Chronicles 31:5

    • וּמַעְשַׂ֥רuma'sarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and tithe of
  • And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.

    2 Chronicles 31:6

    • מַעְשַׂ֤רma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a tithe of
    • וּמַעְשַׂ֣רuma'sarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a tithe of
  • And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.

    2 Chronicles 31:12

    • וְהַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֛רvehamaaserconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the tithe

Nehemiah

six uses
  • 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.

    Nehemiah 10:37

    • וּמַעְשַׂ֥רuma'sarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and tithe of
  • 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.

    Nehemiah 10:38

    • מַעֲשַׂ֤רmaasarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tenth of
    • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂר֙hamaaserthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tithe
  • And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.

    Nehemiah 12:44

    • וְלַמַּֽעַשְׂרוֹת֒velamaasrotconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and for the tithes
  • and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

    Nehemiah 13:5

    • וּמַעְשַׂ֤רuma'sarconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and tithe of
  • and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.

    Nehemiah 13:12

    • מַעְשַׂ֧רma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tithe of

Ezekiel

two uses
  • The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.

    Ezekiel 45:11

    • מַעְשַׂ֥רma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tenth part of
  • The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer).

    Ezekiel 45:14

    • מַעְשַׂ֤רma'sarnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tenth part of

Amos

one use
  • “Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.

    Amos 4:4

    • מַעְשְׂרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ma'seroteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: tithes your

Malachi

two uses
  • Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

    Malachi 3:8

    • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֖רhamaaserthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tithe
  • Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

    Malachi 3:10

    • הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֜רhamaaserthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the tithe

The letters

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How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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