Lexical Summary dekatē: a tenth part, a tithe Original Word: δεκάτηTransliteration: dekatē Phonetic Spelling: (dek-at'-ay) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: a tenth part, a tithe Meaning: a tenth part, a tithe Strong's Concordance tenth, tithe. Feminine of dekatos; a tenth, i.e. As a percentage or (technically) tithe -- tenth (part), tithe. see GREEK dekatos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1181: δεκάτῃδεκάτῃ, δεκάτης, ἡ (δέκατος), the tenth part of anything, a tithe; specially the tenth part of booty taken from the enemy: Hebrews 7:2, 4; the tithes of the fruits of the earth and of the flocks, which, by the law of Moses, were presented to the Levites in the congregation of Israel: Hebrews 7:8f (In Greek writings from (Simonides 133 Bgk.; Herodotus 2, 135); 4, 152 down; the Sept. for מַעֲשֵׂר.) (Cf. BB. DD. under the word |
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