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Strong's Hebrew · H2569

חֹמֶשׁ

chômesh · kho'-mesh

Definitiona fifth tax

Derivationfrom H2567 (חָמַשׁ);

KJV usagefifth participle

Occurrences1 in the KJV · 1 verses

חֹמֶשׁ in Scripture

Genesis 47:26 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.