עָשַׂר (ʿāśar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning tale the tenth of. It appears
9 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6237).
Also rendered
to tithe
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1711c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1711c)tale the tenth of, tithe; take, give a tenth; give the tenth, titheing, tithes
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָשַׂרverb, denominative: tale the tenth of, tithe
Strong's H6237עָשַׂר: to tithe, i.e. to take or give a tenth KJV:× surely, give (take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), × truly.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1711: עשׂרʿśr — Root of: מַעֲשֵׂר tenth part, tithe; עָשׂוֹר a ten, decade; עֲשִׂירִי tenth; עֶשֶׂר ten; עָשַׂר tale the tenth of, tithe; עָשָׂר ten; …