ἥμισυ
hēmisy · half
Greek word · Strong’s number G2255 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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hēmisy (ἥμισυ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “half”.
How to say it
hē·mi·sy
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One of the two equal parts into which something is divided.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Mark 6:23
And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
- Luke 19:8
But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have extorted anything from anyone by false accusation, I pay back four times as much.”
- Revelation 11:9
And people from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations look at their corpse for three and a half days, and they do not allow their corpses to be placed in a tomb.
- Revelation 11:11
And after the three and a half days a spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who were watching them.
- Revelation 12:14
And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished there for a time and times and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent.