Quick Definition
half
Strong's Definition
(as noun) half
Derivation: neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to G260 (ἅμα) (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-;
KJV Usage: half
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἥμισυς, ἡμίσεια, ἥμισυ; genitive ἡμίσους (Mar_6:23 (the Sept. Exo_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, Luk_19:8 R G, a form in use from Theophrastus down, for the earlier ἡμισεα adopted by Lachmann (cf. Passow (also Liddell and Scott), under the word; Winer's Grammar, § 9, 2 d.; ἡμίσεια in T Tr (ἡμίσιά WH) seems due to a corruption of the copyists, see Stephanus Thesaurus iv., p. 170; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 248; Alex. 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)); the Sept. for ξΗηΒφΔιϊ, much more often ηΒφΔι; half; it takes the gender and number of the annexed substantive (where τό ἥμισυ might have been expected): τά ἡμίση τῶν ὑπαρχόντων, Luk_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.); τάς ἡμίσεις τῶν δυνάμεων, 1Ma_3:34; 1Ma_3:37); neuter τό ἥμισυ, substantively, the half; without the article a half: ἕως ἡμίσους τῆς βασιλείας μου (Est_5:3; Est_7:2), Mar_6:23; ἥμισυ καιροῦ, Rev_12:14; as in classical Greek, καί ἥμισυ is added to cardinal numbers even where they are connected with masculine and feminine substantives, as τρεῖς ἡμέρας καί ἥμισυ, three days and a half, Rev_11:9; Rev_11:11 (ὀψώνειν δυοιν δραχμων καί ἡμίσους, Ath. 6, p. 274 c.; δύο or ἑνός πήχεων καί ἡμίσους, Exo_25:16; Exo_26:16; Exo_38:1 (Alex.)); with καί omitted: Rev_11:9 Tdf. edition 7 (μυριάδων ἑπτά ἡμίσους, Plutarch, Mar. 34).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἥμισυς hēmis ys 5x
half, Mar_6:23 ; Luk_19:8 ; Rev_11:9 ; Rev_11:11 ; Rev_12:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἥμισυς , -εια , -υ ,
gen ., -ους (late, as in Papyri, for cl ., -εος Bl., § 8, 4; Mayser , 294), n . p1., ἡμίσια ( Rec. , cl ., -εια ),
[in LXX for H2677 , H4276 ;] half;
1. as adj. , agreeing in gender and number with the substantive following, τὰ ἡμίσια τ . ὑταρχόντων , Luk_19:8 .
2. As neut. subst ., τὸ ἥμισυ , the half; ἥ . (anarth.), a half: c . gen ., ἥ . καιροῦ , Rev_12:14 ; ἕως ἡμίσους τ . βασιλείας μου , Mar_6:23 ; after a cardinal number, ἡμέρας τρεῖς κ . ἥμισυ , Rev_11:9 ; Rev_11:11 .†
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἥμισυς, -εια, -υ genitive, -ους (late, as in π., for cl., -εος Bl., § 8, 4; Mayser, 294), n. p1., ἡμίσια (Rec., cl., -εια),
[in LXX for חֵצִי, מַחֲצִית ;] half;
__1. as adj., agreeing in gender and number with the substantive following, τὰ ἡμίσια τ. ὑταρχόντων, Luk.19:8.
__2. As neut. subst., τὸ ἥμισυ, the half; ἥ. (anarth.), a half: with genitive, ἥ. καιροῦ, Rev.12:14; ἕως ἡμίσους τ. βασιλείας μου, Mrk.6:23; after a cardinal number, ἡμέρας τρεῖς κ. ἥμισυ, Rev.11:9, 11.†
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