Definition
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, Luke 19:8.
2. As neut. subst., τὸ ἥμισυ, the half; ἥ. (anarth.), a half: with genitive, ἥ. καιροῦ, Revelation 12:14; ἕως ἡμίσους τ. βασιλείας μου, Mark 6:23; after a cardinal number, ἡμέρας τρεῖς κ. ἥμισυ, Revelation 11:9, 11.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἥμισυς:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Mark 6:23ἡμίσους · halfAnd he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
- Luke 19:8ἡμίσιά · halfBut 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.”
- Revelation 11:9ἥμισυ · a halfFor 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.
- Revelation 11:11ἥμισυ · a halfBut 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.
- Revelation 12:14ἥμισυ · halfBut 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.