Tribute
מֶ֫כֶסStrong’s H4371mekhes (me-khes)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mekhes is the Hebrew word usually translated “tax their”, “tax” and “tax of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:”
Meaning
- Computation, proportion to be paid, tribute, tax
How it's translated
- and tax their 3
- a tax 1
- the tax 1
- tax of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 6
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 31:37And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
- Numbers 31:38And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and twelve.
- Numbers 31:39And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and one.
- Numbers 31:40And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty and two persons.
- Numbers 31:41And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Hebrew dictionary
מֶ֫כֶס mekhes · tribute
computation, proportion to be paid, tribute, tax
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.