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Strong's #1181 - δεκάτη
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- a tenth part of anything, a tithe
- the tenth party of booty taken from an enemy
- the tithes of fruits of the earth and of flocks, which by the law of Moses were presented to the Levites in the congregation of Israel
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δεκάτη, ἡ, v. δέκατος.
δέκᾰτος
(Arc. δέκοτος IG 5(2).282 (Mantinea, v B.C.), also Aeol. in Epigr.Gr. 988.5 (Balbilla)), η, ον: (δέκα): —
I tenth, Ἠώς Il. 6.175, etc.; as a round number, Od. 16.18, etc.
II δεκάτη (sc. μερίς), ἡ,
1. tenth part, tithe, τᾶς δεκάτας δεκάταν Simon. 141.4, cf. Hdt. 2.135, etc.; τῇ θεῷ τὰς δ. ἐξαιρεθῆναι Lys. 20.24; τὰ ἐκ τῆς δ. the produce of the tenth, IG 12.91, cf. Tab.Defix. 99.14: esp. as a customs-duty, D. 20.60; δεκάτη μόσχων PTeb. 307.8 (iii A.D.).
2. δεκάτη (sc. ἡμέρα), ἡ, the tenth day, Od. 9.83, al. δ. προτέρα· ἡ πρὸ εἰκάδος, ὡς ὑστέρα· ἡ μετ' εἰκάδα, Hsch.
3. festival on the tenth day after birth, when the child has a name given it, τὴν δ. θύειν to give a naming-day feast, Ar. Av. 922, cf. 494; δ. ὑπέρ τινος ἑστιᾶσαι D. 40.28, cf. 39.22.
4. δεκάτα· τάξις, ἄθροισμα, καὶ ἡ τῶν εἴκοσιν ἁρμάτων τάξις, Hsch.
5. δέκατον, τό, tenth part, LXX Leviticus 23:13; Leviticus 23:17 (pl.).
δεκάτῃ, δεκάτης, 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
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δεκάτη , -ης , ἡ ,
prop. fem. (sc. μέρος ) of δέκατος , -η , -ον ,
[in LXX for H4643: Genesis 14:20, Nehemiah 12:44, et al.;]
a tenth part, a tithe: Hebrews 7:2-4; Hebrews 7:8-9 (for a curious inversion of the Biblical use, v. MM, s.v.).†
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The original ἀπόμοιρα paid to the temples on the produce of vineyards, palm-groves, etc. would seem to have been 1/6th, but this was reduced by the Government to 1/10th in the case of certain favoured classes : see P Rev L 244–10 with the editors’ notes. An odd inversion of the Jewish conception of tithes comes in P Hib I. 115.1 (c. B.C. 250) where, according to the editors, the μόσχων δεκάτης refers to a 10 per cent. duty levied upon the profits obtained by the priests from calves offered for sacrifice at the temple : see also the introduction to P Tebt II. 307 (A.D. 208) and Wilcken Ostr. i. p. 384 f.
For ἐπιδέκατον = an ";extra tenth"; in connexion with fines, see P Hib I. 32.9 (B.C. 246) note. In Theb Ostr 30.6 (? B.C. 87) the word is probably used for a ";tithe"; simply.
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