ἥμισυς

hēmisus

Greek G2255 Adjective 5 occurrences in 5 verses
ἥμισυς 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.†

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Concordance 5 verses

  1. Mark 6:23 ἡμίσους

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

  2. Luke 19:8 ἡμίσιά

    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.”

  3. Revelation 11:9 ἥμισυ

    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.

  4. Revelation 11:11 ἥμισυ

    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.

  5. Revelation 12:14 ἥμισυ

    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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