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hēmisus G2255

ἥμισυς (hēmisus) means “half” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἥμισυς Greek · G2255 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses

Pronunciation guide: hay'-mee-soo Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2255

ἥμισυς · hēmisus · half

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.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

half.

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How translators render G2255

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
half 3
a half 2
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
an half 2
the half 2
half 1

Verses containing G2255

Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Mark 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”

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  2. Luke 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”

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  3. Revelation 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

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  4. Revelation 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

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  5. Revelation 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

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Sources and text

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We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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