Definition

a tenth, i.e. as a percentage or (technically) tithe

Etymology

feminine of G1182 (δέκατος);

Word family

• δέκατος dékatos

How the KJV renders it

• tenth (part)
• tithe

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.