Limitless Word
מֶכֶסmekeç/meh'-kes/
HebrewH43716 occurrences (KJV)

an assessment (as based upon a census)

KJV renders it: tribute.

Where it appears

  • Num 31:28Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.
  • Num 31:37and Yahweh’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
  • Num 31:38The cattle were thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh’s tribute was seventy-two.
  • Num 31:39The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh’s tribute was sixty-one.
  • Num 31:40The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh’s tribute was thirty-two persons.
  • Num 31:41Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.