adjective

hēmithanos

Greekἡμιθανής (hēmithanēs)

Strong’sG2253

half-dead

stem hēmithan-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

half dead1×

What it means

**† ἡμιθανής, -ές

(< ἥμι, half + θνήσκω), [in LXX: IV Mac 4:11*;]

half-dead: Lk 10:30.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2253 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhay-mee-than-ace'

half dead, i.e. entirely exhausted

Fromfrom a presumed compound of the base of G2255 and G2348;

King Jameshalf dead.

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	hēmithanos	hēmithanas	hēmithanem	hēmithanois	hēmithanais	hēmithaneim
object accusative	hēmithanon1×ἡμιθανῆ	hēmithanan		hēmithanoin	hēmithanain
direct address vocative	hēmithanor	hēmithanar		hēmithanoir	hēmithanair
of, belonging to genitive	hēmithanou	hēmithanau	hēmithaneu	hēmithanoiu	hēmithanaiu	hēmithaneiu
to, for dative	hēmithano	hēmithana	hēmithane	hēmithanoi	hēmithanai	hēmithanei

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

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

hēmithan 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

hēmithanon“half dead”objectaccusative singular1×

Luke 10:30“half dead”hupolambaratos de tos Iēsus legata; Anthrōpos tinos katabainate apo Ierousalēm eis Ierichō kai lēstoi peripiptata, hois kai ekduaratois auton kai plēgain epititharatois aperchala afiēkaratois hēmithanon.Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.