Revenue
King James Dictionary [1]
REV'ENUE, n. L. revenio re and venio, to come.
1. In a general sense, the annual rents, profits, interest or issues of any species of property, real or personal, belonging to an individual or to the public. When used of individuals, it is equivalent to income. In modern usage, income is applied more generally to the rents and profits of individuals, and revenue to those of the state. In the latter case, revenue is 2. The annual produce of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, &c. which a nation or state collects and receives into the treasury for public use. 3. Return reward as a rich revenue of praise. 4. A fleshy lump on the head of a deer.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
(2): ( n.) That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.
(3): ( n.) The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
rev´ḗ - nū : (1) אפּתם , 'appethōm , "revenue or income" ( Ezra 4:13 the King James Version); (2) תּבוּאה , tebhū'āh , "increase," "revenue" ( Proverbs 8:19; Proverbs 15:6; Isaiah 23:3; Jeremiah 12:13 ); πρόσοδος , prósodos , "income" (2 Macc 3:3; 4:8 (the Revised Version (British and American) "fund"); 9:16).
