Tenth
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
an adjective from deka, "ten," occurs in John 1:39; Revelation 11:13; 21:20 .
grammatically the feminine form of No. 1, with meris, "a part," understood, is used as a noun, translated "a tenth part" in Hebrews 7:2 , "a tenth," Hebrews 7:4; "tithes" in Hebrews 7:8,9 .
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.
(2): ( a.) Constituting or being one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
(3): ( n.) The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but afterward transferred to the crown. It now forms a part of the fund called Queen Anne's Bounty.
(4): ( n.) A temporary aid issuing out of personal property, and granted to the king by Parliament; formerly, the real tenth part of all the movables belonging to the subject.
(5): ( a.) Next in order after the ninth; coming after nine others.
(6): ( n.) The tenth part of annual produce, income, increase, or the like; a tithe.
(7): ( n.) The quotient of a unit divided by ten; one of ten equal parts into which anything is divided.
(8): ( n.) The next in order after the ninth; one coming after nine others.
King James Dictionary [3]
TENTH, a. from ten. The ordinal of ten the first after the ninth.
TENTH, n. The tenth part.
1. Tithe the tenth part of annual produce or increase. The tenth of income is payable to the clergy in England, as it was to the priests among the Israelites. 2. In music, the octave of the third an interval comprehending nine conjoint degrees, or ten sounds, diatonically divided.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]
Tenth. See Tithe .
