asar · tithe

What it means

asar (עָשַׂר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “tithe”.

Give a tenth, tithe; also take a tenth.

How to say it

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

1. To set aside a tenth of what one has, for God or a king; or to receive it.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• I will surely give a tenth of it ×2
• You shall surely tithe ×2
• he will take a tenth ×2
• receive the tithe ×2
• tithing ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Deuteronomy×3
• 1 Samuel×2
• Nehemiah×2

• Genesis 28:22

  and this stone, which I have set up as a standing stone, will be the house of Elohim; and of all that you give me I will surely give a tenth of it to you.”

• Deuteronomy 14:22

  You shall surely tithe all the produce of your seed that comes out of the field year by year.

• Deuteronomy 26:12

  When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, and have given it to the Levite, to the resident alien, to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied,

• 1 Samuel 8:15

  Of your grain and your vineyards he will take a tenth and give it to his officials and to his servants.

• 1 Samuel 8:17

  Of your flocks he will take a tenth, and you will become his slaves.

• Nehemiah 10:37

  and the first of our dough, and our contributions, and the fruit of every tree, new wine and oil, we will bring to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our Elohim; and the tithe of our ground to the Levites; and they, the Levites, are the ones who receive the tithe in all the cities of our labor.

• Nehemiah 10:38

  And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithe; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithe to the house of our Elohim, to the chambers, to the house of the treasury.

And 2 more times.