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It is often used in contexts where something is divided into two equal parts. In the New Testament, it is used to describe portions or divisions, emphasizing the concept of equality or division into two parts.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, the concept of "half" was significant in various aspects of daily life, including trade, measurement, and timekeeping. The division of goods, land, or time into halves was a common practice, reflecting a sense of fairness and balance. In the biblical context, the idea of dividing something into halves can also symbolize justice, equity, and the importance of sharing.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>prol. form of hémi- (a prefix mean. half)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>half<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>half (5).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2255: ἥμισυς</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἥμισυς</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἡμίσεια</span>, <span class="greek2">ἥμισυ</span>; genitive <span class="greek2">ἡμίσους</span> (<a href="/interlinear/mark/6-23.htm">Mark 6:23</a> (the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/25-9.htm">Exodus 25:9</a>; etc.), for the uncontracted form <span class="greek2">ἡμισεος</span> which is more common in the earlier and more elegant Greek writings (from <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> down)); neuter plural <span class="greek2">ἡμίση</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/19-8.htm">Luke 19:8</a> <span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span>, a form in use from <span class="abbreviation">Theophrastus</span> down, for the earlier <span class="greek2">ἡμισεα</span> adopted by Lachmann (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span> (also Liddell and Scott), under the word; <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, § 9, 2 d.; <span class="greek2">ἡμίσεια</span> in <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> (<span class="greek2">ἡμίσιά</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>) seems due to a corruption of the copyists, see <span class="abbreviation">Stephanus</span> Thesaurus iv., p. 170; Alexander <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span> (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 248; Alex. Alexander <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span> (1873) in Studien und Kritiken for 1862, p. 194f; (N. T. Gram. 14 (13); <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> Proleg., p. 118; but especially <span class="manuref">WH</span>s Appendix, p. 158)); the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">מַחֲצִית</span>, much more often <span class="hebrew">חֲצִי</span>; <span class="accented">half</span>; it takes the gender and number of the annexed substantive (where <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">ἥμισυ</span> might have been expected): <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμίση</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπαρχόντων</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/19-8.htm">Luke 19:8</a> (so Greek writings say <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">ἥμισυς</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">βίου</span>, <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμίσεις</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ἱππέων</span>, see <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span>, under the word; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, <span class="manuref">L</span> 2; Kühner, § 405, 5 c.); <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμίσεις</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">δυνάμεων</span>, 1 Macc. 3:34, 37); neuter <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">ἥμισυ</span>, substantively, <span class="accented">the half</span>; without the article <span class="accented">a half</span>: <span class="greek2">ἕως</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμίσους</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">βασιλείας</span> <span class="greek2">μου</span> (<a href="/interlinear/esther/5-3.htm">Esther 5:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/esther/7-2.htm">Esther 7:2</a>), <a href="/interlinear/mark/6-23.htm">Mark 6:23</a>; <span class="greek2">ἥμισυ</span> <span class="greek2">καιροῦ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-14.htm">Revelation 12:14</a>; as in classical Greek, <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἥμισυ</span> is added to cardinal numbers even where they are connected with masculine and feminine substantives, as <span class="greek2">τρεῖς</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμέρας</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἥμισυ</span>, <span class="accented">three days and a half,</span> <a href="/interlinear/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9, 11</a> (<span class="greek2">ὀψώνειν</span> <span class="greek2">δυοιν</span> <span class="greek2">δραχμων</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμίσους</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Ath.</span> 6, p. 274 c.; <span class="greek2">δύο</span> or <span class="greek2">ἑνός</span> <span class="greek2">πήχεων</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμίσους</span>, <a href="/interlinear/exodus/25-16.htm">Exodus 25:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/26-16.htm">Exodus 26:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/38-1.htm">Exodus 38:1</a> (<span class="manuref">Alex.</span>)); with <span class="greek2">καί</span> omitted: <a href="/interlinear/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9</a> <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> edition 7 (<span class="greek2">μυριάδων</span> <span class="greek2">ἑπτά</span> <span class="greek2">ἡμίσους</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Mar. 34).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>half. <p>Neuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to <a href="/greek/260.htm">hama</a> (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-; (as noun) half -- half. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/260.htm">hama</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ημίσει ημίσεις ημίσεσι ημίσεσιν ημίσεως ημίση ημισια ἡμίσιά ημισους ημίσους ἡμίσους ημισυ ημισύ ήμισυ ἥμισυ emisia ēmisia emisous ēmisous emisu ēmisu hemisia hemísiá hēmisia hēmísiá hemisous hemísous hēmisous hēmísous hemisy hēmisy hḗmisy<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/mark/6-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 6:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular">Adj-GNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σοι ἕως <b>ἡμίσους</b> τῆς βασιλείας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of me, I will give <span class="itali">it to you; up to half</span> of my kingdom.<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto <span class="itali">the half</span> of my<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/6-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you up to <span class="itali">half</span> of the kingdom<p><b><a href="/text/luke/19-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 19:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural">Adj-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/19.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ἰδοὺ τὰ <b>ἡμίσιά</b> μου τῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Lord, <span class="itali">half</span> of my possessions<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Behold, Lord, <span class="itali">the half</span> of my goods<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/19-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Behold the <span class="itali">half</span> of me of the<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/11-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 11:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular">Adj-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τρεῖς καὶ <b>ἥμισυ</b> καὶ τὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for three <span class="itali">and a half</span> days,<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> days and <span class="itali">an half,</span> and shall<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/11-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> three and <span class="itali">a half</span> and the<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/11-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 11:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular">Adj-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἡμέρας καὶ <b>ἥμισυ</b> πνεῦμα ζωῆς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the three <span class="itali">and a half</span> days,<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> days and <span class="itali">an half</span> the Spirit of life<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/11-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> days and <span class="itali">a half</span> [the] spirit of life<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/12-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 12:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular">Adj-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καιροὺς καὶ <b>ἥμισυ</b> καιροῦ ἀπὸ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and times <span class="itali">and half</span> a time,<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> times, and <span class="itali">half</span> a time, from<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> times and <span class="itali">half</span> a time from<p><b><a href="/greek/2255.htm">Strong's Greek 2255</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2255.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/e_misia_2255.htm">ἡμίσιά — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_misous_2255.htm">ἡμίσους — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/e_misu_2255.htm">ἥμισυ — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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