Lexicon / G2255
ἥμισυς
hēmisus
  • half
  • the half
  • a half

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Glosses: 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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Glosses: the half; a half

the half; a half