King James Bible Dictionary

TENTH, adjective [from ten.] The ordinal of ten; the first after the ninth.

TENTH, noun The tenth part.

1. Tithe; the tenth part of annual produce or increase. The tenth of income is payable to the clergy in England, as it was to the priests among the Israelites.

2. In music, the octave of the third; an interval comprehending nine conjoint degrees, or ten sounds, diatonically divided.

I.e., the tenth part of an ephah (as in the R.V.), equal to an omer or six pints. The recovered leper, to complete his purification, was required to bring a trespass, a sin, and a burnt offering, and to present a meal offering, a tenth deal or an omer of flour for each, with oil to make it into bread or cakes (Leviticus 14:10, 21; comp. Exodus 16:36; 29:40).

TENTH'LY, adverb In the tenth place.