H4864 - מַשְׂאֵת (masʼêth)

H4864 מַשְׂאֵת (masʼêth) mas-ayth'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

tribute

Strong's Definition

properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden)

Derivation: from H5375 (נָשָׂא);

KJV Usage: burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.

TWOT Reference: 1421h

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) uprising, utterance, burden, portion, uplifting

1a) that which rises, uprising, uplifting, signal, rising

1b) utterance, oracle

1c) burden

1d) portion, present, largesse, gift, contribution, offering, tribute

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1435 G3310 G4444 G4592 G4953

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) uprising, utterance, burden, portion, uplifting 1a) that which rises, uprising, uplifting, signal, rising 1b) utterance, oracle 1c) burden 1d) portion, present, largesse, gift, contribution, offering, tribute

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַשְׂאֵת maś̂ êth BDB Definition: 1) uprising, utterance, burden, portion, uplifting 1a) that which rises, uprising, uplifting, signal, rising 1b) utterance, oracle 1c) burden 1d) portion, present, largesse, gift, contribution, offering, tribute Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5375 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1421h Total KJV Occurrences: 15

Bible Occurrences (13)

43:34

20:38 20:40

11:8

24:6 24:9

2:18

141:2

6:1 40:5

20:40

5:11

3:18

Genesis 43:34

When the portions... were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s... portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with [Joseph].

Judges 20:38

The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

Judges 20:40

But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.

2 Samuel 11:8

Then [he] said to Uriah, Go down to your house and wash your feet. So Uriah left the palace..., and a gift from the king followed him.

2 Chronicles 24:6

So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, Why have you not required... the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?

2 Chronicles 24:9

And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax [imposed by] Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.

Esther 2:18

Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

Jeremiah 6:1

Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; [flee from] Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.