STRONGS NUMBER H4643


Word Summary
maaser or maasar or maasrah: tenth part, tithe
Original Word: מַעֲשֵׂר
Transliteration: maaser or maasar or maasrah
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-as-ayr')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: tenth part, tithe
Meaning: tenth part, tithe
Strong's Concordance
tenth part, titheing

Or maasar {mah-as-ar'}; and (in plural) feminine maasrah {mah-as-raw'}; from asar; a tenth; especially a tithe -- tenth (part), tithe(-ing).

see HEBREW asar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4643. maaser

or maasar or maasrah מַעֲשֵׂרnoun masculineNumbers 18:28 tenth part, tithe; — absolute ׳מ18:26 +; construct מַעְשַׂרLeviticus 27:30 +, מַעֲשַׂרNehemiah 10:39 (before הַמַּעֲשֵׂר‎); suffix מַעַשְׂרוֺLeviticus 27:31; plural absolute מַעַשְׂרוֺתNehemiah 12:44; suffix מַעְשְׂרֹתֵידֶםAmos 4:4 3t.; —

1 tenth part of homer Ezekiel 45:11, of bath 45:14.

2 tithe, payment of tenth part: with מִן‎ of thing Genesis 14:20; Numbers 18:26; usually construct before noun of thing Deuteronomy 12:17; 14:23, 28; 26:12; Leviticus 27:30, 32; 2 Chronicles 31:5-6, (twice in verse); Nehemiah 10:38; 10:39; 13:5, 12; absolute Numbers 18:21, 26 (twice in verse); Malachi 3:8, 10; 2 Chronicles 31:12; Nehemiah 10:39; 12:44; הַמּ ׳שְׁנַתDeuteronomy 26:12 the year of the tithe (i.e. of tithing); with Genitive person paying tithe Amos 4:4; Deuteronomy 12:6, 11; Leviticus 27:31; Numbers 18:24, 28. — compare RSSem.i. 228 ff.; 2nd ed. 245 ff.; Proph. Lect. ii. N. NowArchaeology i. 313; ii. 257 f. BenzArchaeology 309, 460 f. DrDt. 168 ff.

I. עָשׁJob 9:9 probably error for עישׁ‎, see עַ֫יִשׁ‎ p. 747.

II. עָשׁ‎ see עשׁשׁ‎. p. 799.