תְּרוּמָה terumah
Hebrew word for “contribution” · Strong’s H8641 · used 76 times in 63 verses
Meaning
1) contribution, offering;
How it is translated
Glosses given for terumah in context, with how often each is used:
- contribution 66
- contributions 8
- like a contribution 1
- will be the contribution 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 20 | 1.1 | |
| Numbers | 18 | 1.1 | |
| Exodus | 17 | 1.0 | |
| Leviticus | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Nehemiah | 4 | 0.8 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezra | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Malachi | 1 | 1.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 18 (8), Ezekiel 48 (7), Ezekiel 45 (5), Exodus 30 (3), Exodus 35 (3), Leviticus 7 (3), Numbers 15 (3), Numbers 31 (3), Deuteronomy 12 (3), 2 Chronicles 31 (3)
Forms
- תרומת 27
- התרומה 15
- תרומה 14
- לתרומת 3
- תרומתי 2
- ותרומת 2
- ותרומה 1
- תרומתם 1
- בתרומת 1
- כתרומת 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with terumah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 20
- רוּם rum “to exalt” 16
- מַעֲשֵׂר maaser “tithe” 11
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 16
- אֵת et “with” 13
- שׁוֹק shoq “leg” 6
- תְּנוּפָה tenuphah “wave offering” 6
- עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 9
- אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 7
- חָזֶה chazeh “breast” 5
- רֵאשִׁית reshit “first” 6
- אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 9
Key verses
The verses using terumah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 35:21 — And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’s offering to the work of the…
- Numbers 6:20 — And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the…
- Numbers 18:8 — And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto…
- 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 Samuel 1:21 — Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast…
- 2 Chronicles 31:10 — And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have…
- 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…
- Ezekiel 20:40 — For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me:…
- 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.
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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.