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Koine Greek wordlink #160625

SR GNT Rev 11:11 ἥμισυ (haʸmisu) ‘three days and a half the spirit of life from’ Strongs=22550 Lemma=ēmisus
Word role=substantive adjective case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἥμισυ (S-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἥμισυ’ (S-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘a half’.

Rev 12:14 ‘and times and a half of a time from the face’ SR GNT Rev 12:14 word 33

OET-LV: 14 And were _given to _the two woman wings of _the eagle the great, in _order _that she _may _be _flying into the wilderness into the place of _her, where she _is _being _nourished there a_time, and times, and a_half of_a_time, from the_face of _the serpent. (REV_12:14)

OET-RV: 14 But two large, eagle wings were given to the woman so that she could fly away to the wilderness, to her place where she’ll be nourished away from the snake for three and a half years. (REV 12:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ēmisus’ have 2 different glosses: ‘a half’, ‘half’.

Greek words (3) other than ἥμισυ (S-ANS) with a gloss related to ‘half’

MARK 6:23 ἡμίσους (haʸmisous) S-GNS ‘I will_be giving to you up_to half of the kingdom of me’ SR GNT Mark 6:23 word 19

OET-LV: 23 And he _swore to _her, that Whatever if you _may _ask me, I _will _be _giving to _you, up _to half of _the kingdom of _me. (MRK_6:23)

OET-RV: 23 And he made an oath, “Even if you asked for half of my kingdom, I’d give it to you!” (MRK 6:23)

LUKE 19:8 ἡμίσια (haʸmisia) S-ANP ‘the master see half of me of the things possessing’ SR GNT Luke 19:8 word 12

OET-LV: 8 And Zakⱪaios having _been _stood, said to the master: Behold, the half of _the things of _me possessing, master, I _am _giving to _the poor, and if I _defrauded anything of _anyone, I _am _giving _back quadruple. (LUK_19:8)

OET-RV: 8 At dinner, Zacchaeus stood and said to the master, “Listen, master, I’m giving half of everything I own to the poor, and anyone that I defrauded, I’ll pay them back four times over.” (LUK 19:8)

REV 11:9 ἥμισυ (haʸmisu) E-ANS ‘for days three and a half and the corpses’ SR GNT Rev 11:9 word 24

OET-LV: 9 And they _are _looking of the peoples, and tribes, and tongues, and nations, the corpse of _them three for _days and a_half, and the corpses of _them not they _are _allowing to _be _put into a_tomb. (REV_11:9)

OET-RV: 9 People from every nation and tribe and language will look at their corpses for three and a half days and will prevent their corpses from being put into a tomb. (REV 11:9)

Key: E=determiner/case-marker S=substantive adjective ANP=accusative,neuter,plural ANS=accusative,neuter,singular GNS=genitive,neuter,singular