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Koine Greek wordlink #161347

SR GNT Rev 12:14 ἥμισυ (haʸmisu) ‘and times and a half of a time from the face’ 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 11:11 ‘three days and a half the spirit of life from’ SR GNT Rev 11:11 word 8

OET-LV: 11 And after the three days and a_half, the_spirit of _life from the god came _in into them, and they _stood on the feet of _them, and fear great fell _on on the ones observing them. (REV_11:11)

OET-RV: 11 but after three and a half days, God’s breath of life will enter into them and they’ll stand up. The people who see that will be terrified. (REV 11:11)

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