H4276 - מַחֲצִית (machătsîyth)

H4276 מַחֲצִית (machătsîyth) makh-ats-eeth'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

half

Strong's Definition

a halving or the middle

Derivation: from H2673 (חָצָה)lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה;

KJV Usage: half (so much), mid(-day).

TWOT Reference: 719e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) half, middle

1a) half

1b) middle, midday, noon

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2255

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) half, middle 1a) half 1b) middle, midday, noon

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַחֲצִית machătsý̂yth BDB Definition: 1) half, middle 1a) half 1b) middle, midday, noon Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2673 Same Word by TWOT Number: 719e Total KJV Occurrences: 17

Bible Occurrences (14)

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

6:20

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

21:25

16:9

6:61 6:70

8:3

Exodus 30:13

Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, [which weighs] twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.

Exodus 30:15

In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.

Exodus 30:23

Take the finest spices: 500 shekels... of liquid myrrh, half [that amount] (250 shekels)... of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels... of fragrant cane,

Exodus 38:26

a beka per person, [that is], half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550.................. men.

Leviticus 6:20

This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

Numbers 31:29

Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.

Numbers 31:30

From the Israelites’... half, take one... out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle,... donkeys,... sheep, [or] other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

Numbers 31:42

From the Israelites’... half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,