Tenth
δεκάτηStrong’s G1182dekatē
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dekatē is the Greek word usually translated “tenth” and “tithes”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.”
Meaning
Usually translated “tenth” and “tithes”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a tenth 3
- tenth 2
- tithes 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 4
- Revelation 2
- John 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Hebrews 7:2To 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;
- Hebrews 7:4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
- Hebrews 7:8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
- Hebrews 7:9And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
- Revelation 11:13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
- Revelation 21:20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Greek dictionary
δεκάτη dekatē · tenth
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tenth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TENTH, adjective
[from ten.]
The ordinal of ten; the first after the ninth.
All definitions and other forms of “tenth”
TENTH, noun
The tenth part.
- Tithe; the tenth part of annual produce or increase.
- In music, the octave of the third; an interval comprehending nine conjoint degrees, or ten sounds, diatonically divided.
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.