adjective

hēmisuem

Greekἥμισυς (hēmisus)

Strong’sG2255

half

stem hēmisu-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

half5×

What it means

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;

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

2. 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. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2255 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhay'-mee-soo

(as noun) half

Fromneuter of a derivative from an inseparable prefix akin to G260 (through the idea of partition involved in connection) and meaning semi-;

King Jameshalf.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hēmisuos	hēmisuas	hēmisuem3×ἥμισυ	hēmisuois	hēmisuais	hēmisueim1×ἡμίσιά
object accusative	hēmisuon	hēmisuan		hēmisuoin	hēmisuain
direct address vocative	hēmisuor	hēmisuar		hēmisuoir	hēmisuair
of, belonging to genitive	hēmisuou	hēmisuau	hēmisueu1×ἡμίσους	hēmisuoiu	hēmisuaiu	hēmisueiu
to, for dative	hēmisuo	hēmisua	hēmisue	hēmisuoi	hēmisuai	hēmisuei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hēmisustem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hēmisu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

hēmisuem“half”subject or objectdirect singular3×

Revelation 11:9“half”kai blepalō ek toiu laoiu kai fulaiu kai glōssaiu kai ethneiu tem ptōmem autoiu hēmerain treis kai hēmisuem, kai teim ptōmeim autoiu ouk afiēkalō tithira eis mnēmem.For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

Revelation 11:11“half”Kai meta tain treis hēmerain kai hēmisuem pneumem zōau ek tou theou eiserchata en autoi, kai histanala epi toin podoin autoiu, kai fobos megos epipiptata epi toin theōrarōtoin autoin;But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

Revelation 12:14“half”kai dōila ta gunaika tais duo pteruxais tou aetou tou megou, hina peteteiō eis tan erēman eis ton topon autau, hopou trefitō ekei kairon kai kairoin kai hēmisuem kairou apo prosōpeu tou ofiou.But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

hēmisueu“half”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Mark 6:23“half”kai omnuata auta; Hem tinem ean min aitaseia dōami si heōs hēmisueu tau basileiau mu.And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”

hēmisueim“half”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Luke 19:8“half”histaniratos de Zakchaios legata pros ton kurion; Idou teim hēmisueim mu teiu huparcharōteiu, kurior, toi ptōchoi dōamō, kai ei tinou tinem sukofantama apodōamō tetraplouem.But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”