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Strong's G2255 · Greek

ἥμισυς

hemisu · hay'-mee-soo

neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to 260 (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-; (as noun) half


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἥμισυς (G2255)

5 ἥμισυς , -εια, -υ , gen., -ους (late, as in π. , for cl., -εος ; Bl., §8, 4; Mayser, 294), n. p1., ἡμίσια (Rec., cl., -εια ), [in LXX for חֲצִי , מַחֲצִית ;] half ; as adj., agreeing in gender and number with the substantive following, τὰ ἡμίσια τ. ὑταρχόντων , Lk 19:8 . As neut. subst., τὸ ἥμισυ , the half ; ἥ. (anarth.), a half : c. gen., ἥ. καιροῦ , Re 12:14 ; ἕως ἡμίσους τ. βασιλείας μου , Mk 6:23 ; after a cardinal number, ἡμέρας τρεῖς κ. ἥμισυ , Re 11:9 , 11 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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