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עָשַׂר

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

English (Strong)

a primitive root (ident. with עָשַׁר); to accumulate; but used only as denominative from עָ֫שֶׂר; to tithe, i.e. to take or give a tenth: X surely, give (take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), X truly.