Genesis 49:15
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
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Tribute
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Romans 13:7
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
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6 occurrences in 6 verses.
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Genesis
11 verses
Numbers
66 verses
Deuteronomy
11 verses
Joshua
22 verses
Judges
11 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
1 Kings
33 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
2 Chronicles
33 verses
Ezra
44 verses
Nehemiah
11 verses
Esther
11 verses
Proverbs
11 verses
Matthew
54 verses
Mark
11 verses
Luke
22 verses
Romans
32 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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מַס
maç · mas
12 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor
Strong's KJV usage: discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 49:15Strong's last: Proverbs 12:24
Open full H4522 profile →מֶכֶס
mekeç · meh'-kes
6 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
an assessment (as based upon a census)
Strong's KJV usage: tribute.
Strong's first: Numbers 31:28Strong's last: Numbers 31:41
Open full H4371 profile →φόρος
phóros · for'-os
5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a load (as borne), i.e. (figuratively) a tax (properly, an individual assessment on persons or property; whereas G5056 is usually a general toll on goods or travel)
Strong's KJV usage: :--tribute.
Strong's first: Luke 20:22Strong's last: Romans 13:7
Open full G5411 profile →κῆνσος
kēnsos · kane'-sos
4 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
properly, an enrollment ("census"), i.e. (by implication) a tax
Strong's KJV usage: :--tribute.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 17:25Strong's last: Mark 12:14
Open full G2778 profile →בְּלוֹ
bᵉlôw · bel-o'
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
excise (on articles consumed)
Strong's KJV usage: tribute.
Strong's first: Ezra 4:13Strong's last: Ezra 7:24
Open full H1093 profile →δίδραχμον
dídrachmon · did'-rakh-mon
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a double drachma (didrachm)
Strong's KJV usage: :--tribute.
Strong's first: Matthew 17:24Strong's last: Matthew 17:24
Open full G1323 profile →מִדָּה
middâh · mid-daw'
1 times translated as this KJV form55 total Strong's occurrences
properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured)
Strong's KJV usage: garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Nehemiah 5:4Strong's last: Nehemiah 5:4
Open full H4060 profile →מִדָּה
middâh · mid-daw'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
tribute in money
Strong's KJV usage: toll, tribute.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 6:8Strong's last: Ezra 6:8
Open full H4061 profile →מִסָּה
miççâh · mis-saw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
abundance, i.e. (adverbially) liberally
Strong's KJV usage: tribute.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 16:10Strong's last: Deuteronomy 16:10
Open full H4530 profile →מַשָּׂא
massâʼ · mas-saw'
1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
Strong's KJV usage: burden, carry away, prophecy, × they set, song, tribute.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 17:11Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 17:11
Open full H4853 profile →עֹנֶשׁ
ʻônesh · o'-nesh
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a fine
Strong's KJV usage: punishment, tribute.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 23:33Strong's last: 2 Kings 23:33
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H4060
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
English meaning and historical usage.
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tribute
TRIB'UTE, noun [Latin tributum, from tribuo, to give, bestow or divide.]
1. An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one prince or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty. The Romans made all their conquered countries pay tribute as do the Turks at this day; and in some countries the tribute is paid in children.
2. A personal contribution; as a tribute of respect.
3. Something given or contributed.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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