Quick Definition
ἡμιθανής, ές Adj half-dead
Strong's Definition
half dead, i.e. entirely exhausted
Derivation: from a presumed compound of the base of G2255 (ἥμισυ) and G2348 (θνήσκω);
KJV Usage: half dead
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές | ἥμισυς + θανατόω
23.122 · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
half dead, nearly dead the state of being somewhere between life and death One may render ‘half dead’ as ‘almost dead’ or ‘about to die.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἡμιθανής, -ἐς, (fr. Fue half, and θνήσκω, 2 aor. ἔθανον), half dead: Lk. x. 30. ({Dion. Hal. 10, 7]; Diod. 12, 62; Strab. 2 p. 98; Anthol. 11, 392, 4; [4 Mace. iv. 11]; 4}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἡμιθανής hēmithanēs 1x
half dead, Lk. 10:30*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† ἡμιθανής, -ές
(< ἥμι, half + θνήσκω), [in LXX: IV Mac 4:11*;]
half-dead: Lk 10:30.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἡμιθανής. A good parallel to the use of this rare word (for class. | ἡμιθνής) in Lk 10% is afforded by P Amh II. 1417* (a.D. 350) where a woman lodges a complaint regarding an assault committed on her by her brother and his wife—mAnyats ἱκαναῖς pe κατέκτιϊνα]ν. . . . ἡμιθανῆ καταστήσαντες, “they nearly killed me by numbers of blows and left me half dead ”’ (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἡμιθανής (hēmithanēs) — half-dead. ἡμι-θᾰνής, ές, half-dead, [NT+1st c.BC+]