To tithe
ἀποδεκατόωStrong’s G0586apodekatoō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apodekatoō is the Greek word usually translated “pay tithes of”, “tithe” and “take a tenth”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.”
Meaning
Usually translated “pay tithes of”, “tithe” and “take a tenth”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- you pay tithes of 2
- i tithe 1
- to take a tenth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Matthew 1
- Hebrews 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 11:42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
- Luke 18:12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
- Hebrews 7:5And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
Greek dictionary
ἀποδεκατόω apodekatoō · to tithe
ἀπο-δεκατοω, [in LXX for עָשַׂר in both senses foll., e.g. (1) Gen.28:22 (2) 1Ki.8:15 ;] 1. with accusative of thing(s), to tithe, pay a tenth of: Mat.23:23, Luk.11:42. 2. C. accusative of person(s), to exact tithes from: Heb.7:5. 3. to decimate (Socr., HE, 573 A; see Kennedy, Sources, 117).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tithe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TITHE, noun
The tenth part of any thing; but appropriately, the tenth part of the increase annually arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support. Tithes are personal, predial, or mixed; personal, when accruing from labor, art, trade and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood and fruit; and mixed, when accruing from beasts, which are fed from the ground.
All definitions and other forms of “tithe”
TITHE, verb transitive
To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth.
- “When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase” Deuteronomy 26:12“Ye tithe mint and rue” Luke 11:42
TITHE, verb intransitive
To pay tithes.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.