ἀποδεκατόω
apodekatoō · tithe
Greek word · Strong’s number G586 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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apodekatoō (ἀποδεκατόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “tithe”.
Give a tenth, pay tithes; also collect the tenth.
How to say it
a·po·de·ka·to·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Give or collect one part in ten.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- you tithe ×2
- I give a tenth ×1
- collect a tenth from ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you tithe the mint and the dill and the cumin, and you have left aside the weightier things of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without leaving aside those.
- Luke 11:42
But woe to you Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every garden herb, and you pass over justice and the love of God; but these you ought to have done, and not neglected those.
- Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all that I get.’
- Hebrews 7:5
And those from among the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have a commandment to collect a tenth from the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, although these have come from the loins of Abraham.