Strong’s H4371 · Hebrew
מֶכֶס
mekeç · meh'-kes
Origin probably from an unused root meaning to enumerate;
Meaning an assessment (as based upon a census)
In the King James Version tribute.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- Numbers 31:28And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
- Numbers 31:37And the LORD’S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
- Numbers 31:38And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute was threescore and twelve.
- Numbers 31:39And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD’S tribute was threescore and one.
- Numbers 31:40And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD’S tribute was thirty and two persons.
- Numbers 31:41And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.