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Lexicon :: Strong's H4371 - meḵes

Aa
מֶכֶס
Transliteration
meḵes
Pronunciation
meh'-kes
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from an unused root meaning to enumerate
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1014a

Strong’s Definitions

מֶכֶס mekeç, meh'-kes; probably from an unused root meaning to enumerate; an assessment (as based upon a census):—tribute.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H4371 in the following manner: tribute (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H4371 in the following manner: tribute (6x).

  1. computation, proportion to be paid, tribute, tax

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֶכֶס mekeç, meh'-kes; probably from an unused root meaning to enumerate; an assessment (as based upon a census):—tribute.
STRONGS H4371: Abbreviations
† מֶ֫כֶס noun masculine computation, proportion to be paid, tax (Palmyrene מכסא ReckendZMG 1885, 379 ff.; Late Hebrew מֶכֶס, Aramaic מִכְסָא, bdb049304 tax (hence Arabic bdb049305 as loan-word Frä283); Assyrian miksu, DlHWB 407 (√ מכס); Late Hebrew מוֺכֵס tax-collector; so Assyrian makkasu, compare Arabic bdb049306) — Numbers 31:28 לי׳ זַהֲרֵמֹתָ֫ מ׳ and thou shalt separate a tax (duty levied on the spoil) for י׳, Numbers 31:37; Numbers 31:38; Numbers 31:39; Numbers 31:40; Numbers 31:41 (all P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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Numbers

31:28; 31:37; 31:38; 31:39; 31:40; 31:41

H4371

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4371 matches the Hebrew מֶכֶס (meḵes),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - “Also, collect H7311 a tribute H4371 tax H4371 for the LORD H3068 from the men H376 of war H4421 who went H3318 to battle H4421, one H259 [fn]in five H2568 hundred H3967 of the persons H120, of the cattle H1241, of the donkeys H2543, and of the sheep H6629;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - the LORD’S H3068 tribute H4371 tax H4371 of the sheep H6629 was 675 H8337 H3967 H2568 H7657;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 - the cattle H1241 were thirty-six H7970 H8337 thousand H505, from which the LORD’S H3068 tribute H4371 tax H4371 was seventy-two H8147 H7657;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39 - the donkeys H2543 were 30,500 H7970 H505 H2568 H3967, from which the LORD’S H3068 tribute H4371 tax H4371 was sixty-one H259 H8346;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - and the captive people H5315 H120 were sixteen H8337 H6240 thousand H505, from whom the LORD’S H3068 tribute H4371 tax H4371 was thirty-two H8147 H7970 persons H5315.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:41 - And Moses H4872 gave H5414 the tribute H4371 tax H4371, which was the LORD’S H3068 offering H8641, to Eleazar H499 the priest H3548, just H834 as the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872.
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