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Lexicon :: Strong's G2255 - hēmisys

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ἥμισυς
Transliteration
hēmisys (Key)
Pronunciation
hay'-mee-soo
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of a derivative from an inseparable pref. akin to ἅμα (G260) (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-
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Strong’s Definitions

†ἥμισυ hḗmisy, hay'-mee-soo; neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to G260 (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-; (as noun) half:—half.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2255 in the following manner: half (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2255 in the following manner: half (5x).

  1. half

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἥμισυ hḗmisy, hay'-mee-soo; neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to G260 (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-; (as noun) half:—half.
STRONGS G2255:
ἥμισυς, -εια, -υ; genitive ἡμίσους (Mark 6:23 [Sept. Exodus 25:9; etc.], for the uncontracted form ἡμισεος which is more common in the earlier and more elegant Greek writings [from Herodotus down]); neuter plural ἡμίση, Luke 19:8 R G, a form in use from Theophrastus down, for the earlier ἡμίσεα adopted by Lachmann (cf. Passow [also Liddell and Scott], under the word; Winer's Grammar § 9, 2 d.; ἡμίσεια in T Tr [ἡμίσια WH] seems due to a corruption of the copyists, see Stephanus Thesaurus iv., p. 170; Bttm. Ausf. Spr. i., p. 248; Alexander Buttmann (1873) in Studien und Kritiken for 1862, p. 194f; [N. T. Gram. 14 (13); Tdf. Proleg., p. 118; but especially WHs Appendix, p. 158]); Sept. for מַחֲצִית, much more often חֲצִי; half; it takes the gender and number of the annexed substantive (where τὸ ἥμισυ might have been expected): τὰ ἡμίση τῶν ὑπαρχόντων, Luke 19:8 (so Greek writings say ὁ ἥμισυς τοῦ βίου οἱ ἡμίσεις τῶν ἱππέων, see Passow, under the word; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, L 2; Kühner, § 405, 5 c.); τὰς ἡμίσεις τῶν δυνάμεων, 1 Macc. 3:34, 37); neuter τὸ ἥμισυ, substantively, the half; without the article a half: ἕως ἡμίσους τῆς βασιλείας μου (Esther 5:3; Esther 7:2), Mark 6:23; ἥμισυ καιροῦ, Revelation 12:14; as in classical Greek, καὶ ἥμισυ is added to cardinal numbers even where they are connected with masculine and feminine substantives, as τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ ἥμισυ, three days and a half, Revelation 11:9, 11 (ὀψωνεῖν δυοῖν δραχμῶν καὶ ἡμίσους, Ath. 6, p. 274 c.; δύο or ἑνὸς πήχεων καὶ ἡμίσους, Exodus 25:16; Exodus 26:16; Exodus 38:1 [Alex.]); with καὶ omitted: Revelation 11:9 Tdf. edition 7 (μυριάδων ἑπτὰ ἡμίσους, Plutarch, Mar. 34).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
25:9; 25:16; 26:16; 38:1
Esther
5:3; 7:2
Mark
6:23; 6:23
Luke
19:8; 19:8
Revelation
11:9; 11:9; 11:11; 12:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2255 matches the Greek ἥμισυς (hēmisys),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:23 - He even vowed, “I will give you whatever you ask, up to half my kingdom!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:8 - Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:9 - And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:11 - But after three and a half days, God breathed life into them, and they stood up! Terror struck all who were staring at them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But she was given two wings like those of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness. There she would be cared for and protected from the dragon[fn] for a time, times, and half a time.
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