2567 - chamash

Strong's Concordance

Original word: חִמֵּשׁ
Transliteration: chamash
Definition (short): fifth
Definition (full): to take the fifth part

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: denominative verb from chamesh
Definition: to take the fifth part
NASB Translation: exact a fifth (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A denominative from chamesh; to tax a fifth -- take up the fifth participle

see HEBREW chamesh

KJV: Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
NASB: "Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers in charge of the land, and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.