King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2569
Transliteration: chomesh
Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-mesh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: fifth part
Meaning: a fifth tax
Word Summary
chomesh: fifth part
Original Word: חֹמֶשׁTransliteration: chomesh
Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-mesh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: fifth part
Meaning: a fifth tax
Strong's Concordance
fifth participle From chamash; a fifth tax -- fifth participle
see HEBREW chamash
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2569. chomesh
I. חֹ֫מֶשׁ noun [masculine] fifth part — only לַהֹמֶשׁ לְפַרְעֹה Genesis 47:26, but connection with preceding awk-ward; read perhaps הַחֹמֶשׁ (ᵑ6), or ᵐ5 לְחַמֵּשׁ, see Di.