2569 - chomesh

Strong's Concordance

Original word: חֹ֫מֶשׁ
Transliteration: chomesh
Definition (short): fifth
Definition (full): a fifth tax

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from the same as chamesh
Definition: fifth part
NASB Translation: fifth (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From chamash; a fifth tax -- fifth participle

see HEBREW chamash

References

Strong's 2569: 1 Occurrences
KJV: And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
NASB: Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's.