STRONGS G1181:
δεκάτη,
-ης,
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 Tithe.]
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