ἥμισυhḗmisy

(as noun) half

Greek (New Testament) · G2255

Meanings

1. as adj., agreeing in gender and number with the substantive following, τὰ ἡμίσια τ. ὑταρχόντων, Luke 19:8.

2. As neuter as a noun, τὸ ἥμισυ, the half; ἥ. (anarthrous), 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, Revelation 11:11.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Mark 6:23 He even vowed, “I will give you whatever you ask, up to half my kingdom!”
  • Luke 19:8 Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”
  • Revelation 11:9 And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them.
  • Revelation 11:11 But after three and a half days, God breathed life into them, and they stood up! Terror struck all who were staring at them.
  • Revelation 12:14 But she was given two wings like those of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness. There she would be cared for and protected from the dragon for a time, times, and half a time.

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