Tribute
מִנְדָּהStrong’s H4061middah (mid-dah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Middah is the Aramaic word usually translated “tribute” and “tribute of”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.”
Meaning
- Tribute
How it's translated
- tribute 2
- and tribute 1
- tribute of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 4:20There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
- Ezra 6:8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
- Ezra 7:24Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
Aramaic dictionary
מִנְדָּה middah · tribute
tribute Aramaic of mid.dah (מִדָּה "tribute" H4060B)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tribute” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRIB'UTE, noun
[Latin tributum, from tribuo, to give, bestow or divide.]
- An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one prince or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty.
- A personal contribution; as a tribute of respect.
- Something given or contributed.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.