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Lexicon :: Strong's H4276 - maḥăṣîṯ

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מַֽחֲצִית
Transliteration
maḥăṣîṯ
Pronunciation
makh-ats-eeth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 719e

Strong’s Definitions

מַחֲצִית machătsîyth, makh-ats-eeth'; from H2673; a halving or the middle:—half (so much), mid(-day).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H4276 in the following manner: half (15x), much (1x), midday (with H3117) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H4276 in the following manner: half (15x), much (1x), midday (with H3117) (1x).

  1. half, middle

    1. half

    2. middle, midday, noon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַחֲצִית machătsîyth, makh-ats-eeth'; from H2673; a halving or the middle:—half (so much), mid(-day).
STRONGS H4276: Abbreviations
† מַחֲצִית noun feminine half, middle — construct מַחֲצִית Exodus 30:13 (twice in verse) + 8 times; מַחֲצִת Numbers 31:30, 47; suffix מַחֲצִיתוֺ Exodus 30:23, מַחֲצִיתָהּ Leviticus 6:13 (twice in verse), מַחֲצִיתָם Numbers 31:29 — מַחֲצִת Numbers 31:30 Numbers 31:47 suffix מַחֲצִיתוֹ >Exodus 30:23, מַחֲצִיתָהּ Leviticus 6:13 (twice in verse), מַחֲצִיתָם Numbers 31:29 —
1. half of a shekel Exodus 30:13 (twice in verse); + 8 timesExodus 30:15 compare Exodus 30:23; Exodus 38:26; the flour for offering Leviticus 6:13 (twice in verse), of spoils Numbers 31:29, 30, 42, 47; of tribe Joshua 21:25 (all P), 1 Chronicles 6:46; 1 Chronicles 6:55; of chariots 1 Kings 16:9.
2. middle היּוֺם מ׳ = midday, noon Nehemiah 8:3 (compare midnight, H2676 חָצוֺת, חֲצִי 2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

30:13; 30:13; 30:15; 30:23; 30:23; 30:23; 38:26

Leviticus

6:13; 6:13; 6:13

Numbers

31:29; 31:29; 31:29; 31:30; 31:30; 31:30; 31:42; 31:47; 31:47; 31:47

Joshua

21:25

1 Kings

16:9

1 Chronicles

6:46; 6:55

Nehemiah

8:3

H4276

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4276 matches the Hebrew מַֽחֲצִית (maḥăṣîṯ),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,[fn] according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - “Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels[fn] of liquid myrrh, half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels[fn] of fragrant calamus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - one beka per person, that is, half a shekel,[fn] according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - “This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the LORD on the day he[fn] is anointed: a tenth of an ephah[fn] of the finest flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:29 - Take this tribute from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest as the LORD’s part.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - From the Israelites’ half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:42 - The half belonging to the Israelites, which Moses set apart from that of the fighting men—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - From the Israelites’ half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the LORD commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:25 - From half the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—two towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk in the home of Arza, the palace administrator at Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:61

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61 - The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:70

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:70 - And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
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