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Strong's G2255 ἥμισυ (hemisy)

Hemisy means “half” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2255 — chabal (“destroy”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2255
Language Greek
Linked Usages 122
Books 24

Strong's G2255 Quick Answer

Strong's G2255 ἥμισυ (hemisu) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hemisu (hay'-mee-soo) adj. 1. (as noun) half [neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to G260 (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-] It has 122 linked Bible usages across 24 books. Visible English usage signals include half. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
hemisu (hay'-mee-soo) adj. 1. (as noun) half [neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to G260 (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-]
Usage
122 linked usages
Books
24 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
half

Meaning and Definition

hemisu (hay'-mee-soo) adj. 1. (as noun) half [neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to G260 (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-] KJV: half See also: G260

Original Word
ἥμισυ
Transliteration
hemisu
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2255. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

half

Usage: 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.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2255 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hemisu, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

half Mark 6:23

How Strong's G2255 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 108 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2255 (ἥμισυ) appears 134 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2255 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2255 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Mark 6:23 KJV

And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

Luke 19:8 KJV

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

Revelation 11:9 KJV

And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

Strong's G2255 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

108 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 24:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses took half the blood and poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon the altar.

Exodus 25:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.

Exodus 25:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.

Strong's G2255 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 8:21 Septuagint / Brenton

and then he should take the half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and should have the rest when I and my wife be dead.

Tobit 10:10 Septuagint / Brenton

But Tobias said, No; but let me go to my father.

Tobit 12:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And Tobias said unto him, O father, it is no harm to me to give him half of those things which I have brought:

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2255.

Exodus 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses took half the blood and poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon the altar.
Exodus 25:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.
Exodus 25:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.
Exodus 25:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.
Exodus 26:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt fix at the end that which is over in the skins of the tabernacle; the half of the skin that is left shalt thou fold over, according to the overplus of the skins of the tabernacle; thou shalt fold it over behind the tabernacle.
Exodus 26:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Of ten cubits shalt thou make one post, and the breadth of one post of a cubit and a half.
Exodus 27:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt put them below under the grate of the altar, and the grate shall extend to the middle of the altar.
Exodus 30:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachma which is according to the didrachma of the sanctuary: twenty oboli go to the didrachma, but the half of the didrachma is the offering to the Lord.
Exodus 30:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachma in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
Exodus 30:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Do thou also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling calamus,
Exodus 38:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He made an appendage for the altar of network under the grate, beneath it as far as the middle of it; and he fastened to it four brazen rings on the four parts of the appendage of the altar, wide enough for the bars, so as to bear the altar with them.
Exodus 39:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one that passed the survey from twenty years old and upward to the number of six hundred thousand, and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
Leviticus 6:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the gift of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord in the day in which thou shalt anoint him; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sacrifice continually, the half of it in the morning, and the half of it in the evening.
Numbers 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let her not be as it were like death, as an abortion coming out of his mother’s womb, when the disease devours the half of the flesh.
Numbers 15:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the worshiper shall offer upon the calf a meat offering, three tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, even the half of a hin.
Numbers 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And wine for a drink offering the half of a hin, a sacrifice for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Numbers 28:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their drink offering shall be the half of a hin for one calf; and the third of a hin for one ram; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for one lamb: this is the whole burnt offering monthly throughout the months of the year.
Numbers 31:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt give them to Eleazar the priest as the firstfruits of the Lord.
Numbers 31:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from the half belonging to the children of Israel thou shalt take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and thou shalt give them to the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord.
Numbers 32:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, and to the half tribe of Manasseh of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with its coasts, the cities of the land round about.
Numbers 34:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses charged the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, even as the Lord commanded us to give it to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Numbers 34:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the tribe of the children of Reuben, and the tribe of the children of Gad have received their inheritance according to their families; and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritances.
Numbers 34:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Two tribes and half a tribe have received their inheritance beyond Jordan by Jericho from the south eastward.
Deuteronomy 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we inherited that land at that time from Aroer, which is by the border of the torrent Arnon, and half the mount of Gilead; and I gave his cities to Reuben and to Gad.
Deuteronomy 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan the kingdom of Og I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, and all the country round about Argob, all that Bashan; it shall be accounted the land of Rephaim.
Deuteronomy 29:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye came as far as this place; and there came forth Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, to meet us in war.
Joshua 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Reuben, and to Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
Joshua 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses commanded them.
Joshua 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, ruling from Arnon, which is in the valley, on the side of the valley, and half of Gilead as far as Jabbok, the borders of the children of Ammon.
Joshua 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
ruling from Mount Hermon and from Salecah, and over all the land of Bashan to the borders of Geshur, and Maacath, and the half of Gilead of the borders of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Joshua 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smote them; and Moses gave them by way of inheritance to Reuben, and Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now divide this land by lot to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 13:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
From Jordan to the great sea westward thou shalt give it them: the great sea shall be the boundary. But to the two tribes and to the half tribe of Manasseh, to Reuben and to Gad Moses gave an inheritance beyond Jordan: Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them eastward,
Joshua 13:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their borders were Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon to Aroer, which is before Arad.
Joshua 13:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses gave to half the tribe of Manasseh according to their families.
Joshua 13:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the half of Gilead, and in Ashtaroth, and in Edrei, royal cities of Og in the land of Bashan, Moses gave to the sons of Machir the sons of Manasseh, even to the half-tribe sons of Machir the sons of Manasseh, according to their families.
Joshua 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They inherited according to their lots, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Joshua to the nine tribes and the half tribe, on the other side of Jordan.
Joshua 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Levi have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is his portion; and Gad, and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them.
Joshua 21:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to the sons of Kohath that were left were given by lot ten cities, out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 21:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Gershon had thirteen cities, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
Joshua 21:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities.
Joshua 21:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua gave to the sons of Gershon the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasseh cities set apart for the slayers, Golan in the country of Bashan, and its suburbs; and Beeshterah and its suburbs; two cities.
Joshua 22:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Joshua called together the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Joshua 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to one half the tribe of Manasseh Moses gave a portion in the land of Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave a portion with his brethren on the other side of Jordan westward: and when Joshua sent them away to their homes, then he blessed them.
Joshua 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, departed from the children of Israel in Shiloh in the land of Canaan, to go away into Gilead, into the land of their possession, which they inherited by the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
Joshua 22:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to Gilead of Jordan, which is in the land of Canaan: and the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to look at.
Joshua 22:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the borders of the land of Canaan at Gilead of Jordan, on the opposite side to the children of Israel.
Joshua 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel sent to the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and to the sons of the half tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, both Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,
Joshua 22:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to the sons of Reuben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead; and they spoke to them, saying,
Joshua 22:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the captains of the thousands of Israel, saying,
Joshua 22:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Phinehas the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation of Israel who were with him heard the words which the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh spoke; and it pleased them.
Joshua 22:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Phinehas the priest said to the sons of Reuben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Today we know that the Lord is with us, because ye have not trespassed grievously against the Lord, and because ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.
Joshua 22:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Phinehas the priest and the princes departed from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, and from the half tribe of Manasseh out of Gilead into the land of Canaan to the children of Israel; and reported the words to them.
Joshua 22:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it pleased the children of Israel; and they spoke to the children of Israel, and blessed the God of the children of Israel, and told them to go up no more to war against the others to destroy the land of the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh: so they dwelt upon it.
Joshua 22:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua gave a name to the altar of the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasseh; and said, It is a testimony in the midst of them, that the Lord is their God.
Judges 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron, and laid them there.
2 Kingdoms 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hanun took the servants of David, and shaved their beards, and cut off their garments in the midst as far as their haunches, and sent them away.
2 Kingdoms 18:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Thou shalt not go out: for if we should indeed flee, they will not care for us; and if half of us should die, they will not mind us; for thou art as ten thousand of us: and now it is well that thou shalt be to us an aid to help us in the city.
2 Kingdoms 19:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him: and all the men of Judah went over with the king, and also half the people of Israel.
3 Kingdoms 3:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said, Divide the live child, the suckling, in two; and give half of it to one, and half of it to the other.
3 Kingdoms 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were axles in the wheels under the base. And the height of one wheel was a cubit and a half.
3 Kingdoms 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the top of the base half a cubit was the size of it, there was a circle on the top of the base, and there was the top of its spaces and its borders: and it was open at the top of its spaces.
3 Kingdoms 10:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.
3 Kingdoms 13:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man of God said to the king, If thou shouldest give me the half of thy house, I would not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place; for thus the Lord charged me by his word, saying,
3 Kingdoms 16:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Zimri, captain of half his cavalry, conspired against him, while he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza the steward at Tirzah.
3 Kingdoms 16:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the people of Israel divides; half the people goes after Tibni the son of Ginath to make him king; and half the people goes after Omri.
1 Chronicles 2:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, the Netophathite, Ataroth of the house of Joab, and half of the family of Manahath, Esari.
1 Chronicles 4:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and in Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and the house of Biri-shaaraim: these were their cities until the time of King David.
1 Chronicles 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sons of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending the bow, and skilled in war, were forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going forth to battle.
1 Chronicles 5:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt from Bashan to Baal-hermon, and Senir, and to the Mount Hermon: and they increased in Lebanon.
1 Chronicles 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and carried away Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and to the river Gozan, until this day.
1 Chronicles 6:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to the sons of Kohath that were left of their families, there were given out of the tribe, namely, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
1 Chronicles 6:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and of the half-tribe of Manasseh Aner and her suburbs, and Bileam and her suburbs, to the sons of Kohath that were left, according to each several family.
1 Chronicles 6:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To the sons of Gershom from the families of the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan of Bashan and her suburbs, and Ashtaroth and her suburbs.
1 Chronicles 12:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, even those who were named by name, to make David king.
1 Chronicles 12:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from the country beyond Jordan, from Reuben, and the Gadites, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, a hundred and twenty thousand, with all weapons of war.
1 Chronicles 19:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hanun took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off the half of their garments as far as their tunic, and sent them away.
1 Chronicles 26:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his brethren were two thousand seven hundred mighty men, chiefs of their families, and King David set them over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for every ordinance of the Lord, and business of the king.
1 Chronicles 27:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: for the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
1 Chronicles 27:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah, for the sons of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
2 Chronicles 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet I believed not the reports until I came, and my eyes saw: and, behold, the half of the abundance of thy wisdom was not told me: thou hast exceeded the report which I heard.
Nehemiah 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Nehemiah 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
Nehemiah 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
Nehemiah 3:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
Nehemiah 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
Nehemiah 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Nehemiah 8:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Nehemiah 12:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
Nehemiah 12:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
Nehemiah 12:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
Nehemiah 13:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
Esther 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
ask even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be thine.
Esther 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What is it, queen Esther? and what is thy request, and what is thy petition? and it shall be done for thee, to the half of my kingdom.
Psalms 101:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are through all generations.
Isaiah 44:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire.
Isaiah 44:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burned up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on the coals thereof and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it.
Jeremiah 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The partridge utters her voice, she gathers eggs which she did not lay; so is a man gaining his wealth unjustly; in the midst of his days his riches shall leave him, and at his latter end he will be a fool.
Ezekiel 16:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also Samaria has not sinned according to half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine iniquities beyond them, and thou hast justified thy sisters in all thine iniquities which thou hast committed.
Ezekiel 40:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were four tables of hewn stone for whole burnt offerings, the breadth of them was a cubit and a half, and the length of them two cubits and a half, and their height was a cubit: on them they shall place the instruments with which they slay there the whole burnt offerings and the victims.
Ezekiel 43:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the mercy seat shall be fourteen cubits in length, by fourteen cubits in breadth on its four sides; and there shall be a border to it carried round about it of half a cubit; and the rim of it shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof looking eastward.
Daniel 7:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change times and law: and power shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.
Daniel 9:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink offering shall be taken away: and on the temple shall be the abomination of desolations; and at the end of the time an end shall be put to the desolation.
Daniel 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was over the water of the river, and he lifted up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives forever, that it should be for a time of times and half a time: when the dispersion is ended they shall know all these things.
Zechariah 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will gather all the Gentiles to Jerusalem to war, and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, but the rest of my people shall not be utterly cut off from the city.
Zechariah 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his feet shall stand in that day on the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave asunder, half of it toward the east and the west, a very great division; and half the mountain shall lean to the north, and half of it to the south.
Zechariah 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in that day living water shall come forth out of Jerusalem; half of it toward the former sea, and half of it toward the latter sea: and so shall it be in summer and spring.
Mark 6:23 New Testament, KJV
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
Luke 19:8 New Testament, KJV
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Revelation 11:9 New Testament, KJV
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
Revelation 11:11 New Testament, KJV
And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Revelation 12:14 New Testament, KJV
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Tobit 8:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and then he should take the half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and should have the rest when I and my wife be dead.
Tobit 10:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But Tobias said, No; but let me go to my father.
Tobit 12:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Tobias said unto him, O father, it is no harm to me to give him half of those things which I have brought:
Tobit 12:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the old man said, It is due unto him.
Tobit 12:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So he called the angel, and he said unto him, Take half of all that ye have brought, and go away in safety.
1 Maccabees 3:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover he delivered unto him the half of his forces, and the elephants, and gave him charge of all things that he would have done, as also concerning them that dwelt in Judah and Jerusalem;
1 Maccabees 3:37 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So the king took the half of the forces that remained, and departed from Antioch, his royal city, the hundred forty and seventh year; and he passed the river Euphrates, and went through the high countries.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2255, grouped by book.

Exodus 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 29 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 3 usages, New Testament
Tobit 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2255 FAQ

What does hemisy (ἥμισυ) mean?

Hemisy (Strong's G2255) is a Greek word most simply glossed "half". hemisu (hay'-mee-soo) adj. 1. (as noun) half [neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to G260 (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-]

How many times is hemisy (ἥμισυ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 122 linked usages for Strong's G2255 across 24 books.

Where can I study hemisy (ἥμισυ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2255 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate hemisy (ἥμισυ)?

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Does Strong's G2255 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 108 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2255, with linked reader references where each row is available.