מַעֲשֵׂר maaser

Hebrew word for “tithe” · Strong’s H4643 · used 32 times in 27 verses

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Meaning

1) tithe, tenth part; 1a) tenth part; 1b) tithe, payment of a tenth part

How it is translated

Glosses given for maaser in context, with how often each is used:

• tithe 22
• tithes 5
• tenth 2
• any of tithe 1
• tenth part 1
• will be the tenth part 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 18 (4), Leviticus 27 (3), Deuteronomy 12 (3), 2 Chronicles 31 (3), Deuteronomy 14 (2), Nehemiah 10 (2), Nehemiah 13 (2), Ezekiel 45 (2), Malachi 3 (2), Genesis 14 (1)

Forms

• מעשׂר 15
• המעשׂר 6
• מעשׂרתיכם 4
• ומעשׂר 4
• ממעשׂרו 1
• והמעשׂר 1
• ולמעשׂרות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with maaser more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• תְּרוּמָה terumah “contribution” 11
• יִצְהָר yitshar “oil” 6
• תִּירוֹשׁ tirosh “new wine” 6
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 8
• דָּגָן dagan “grain” 5
• בָּקָר baqar “cattle” 5
• עָשַׂר asar “to tithe” 3
• אוֹצָר otsar “treasure” 4
• צֹאן tson “flock” 5
• תְּבוּאָה tevuah “produce” 3
• לִשְׁכָּה lishkah “chamber” 3
• רֵאשִׁית reshit “first” 3

Key verses

The verses using maaser that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 14:20 — And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
• Leviticus 27:30 — And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.
• Numbers 18:21 — And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the…
• Deuteronomy 12:6 — And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill…
• Deuteronomy 12:11 — Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt…
• Deuteronomy 12:17 — Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows…
• 2 Chronicles 31:5 — And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the…
• Nehemiah 10:37 — And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the…
• Nehemiah 12:44 — And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out…
• Amos 4:4 — Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
• Malachi 3:8 — Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
• Malachi 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.