Genesis 24:22
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
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Revelation 12:14
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
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29 occurrences in 25 verses.
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Genesis
11 verses
Exodus
2214 verses
Leviticus
21 verses
Numbers
1414 verses
Deuteronomy
44 verses
Joshua
2925 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
2 Samuel
33 verses
1 Kings
108 verses
1 Chronicles
1413 verses
2 Chronicles
11 verses
Nehemiah
1312 verses
Esther
33 verses
Psalms
11 verses
Ezekiel
43 verses
Daniel
11 verses
Hosea
11 verses
Zechariah
53 verses
Mark
11 verses
Luke
22 verses
Revelation
44 verses
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חֵצִי
chêtsîy · khay-tsee'
108 times translated as this KJV form125 total Strong's occurrences
the half or middle
Strong's KJV usage: half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 24:6Strong's last: Zechariah 14:8
Open full H2677 profile →מַחֲצִית
machătsîyth · makh-ats-eeth'
15 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
a halving or the middle
Strong's KJV usage: half (so much), mid(-day).
Strong's first: Exodus 30:13Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 6:70
Open full H4276 profile →ἥμισυ
hḗmisy · hay'-mee-soo
5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
(as noun) half
Strong's KJV usage: :--half.
Strong's first: Mark 6:23Strong's last: Revelation 12:14
Open full G2255 profile →מֶחֱצָה
mechĕtsâh · mekh-ets-aw'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a halving
Strong's KJV usage: half.
Strong's first: Numbers 31:36Strong's last: Numbers 31:43
Open full H4275 profile →ἡμιθανής
hēmithanḗs · hay-mee-than-ace'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
half dead, i.e. entirely exhausted
Strong's KJV usage: :--half dead.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 10:30Strong's last: Luke 10:30
Open full G2253 profile →חָצָה
châtsâh · khaw-tsaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to cut or split in two; to halve
Strong's KJV usage: divide, × live out half, reach to the midst, participle
Strong's first: Psalms 55:23Strong's last: Psalms 55:23
Open full H2673 profile →תָּוֶךְ
tâvek · taw'-vek
1 times translated as this KJV form411 total Strong's occurrences
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
Strong's KJV usage: among(-st), × between, half, × (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), × out (of), × through, × with(-in).
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 3:16Strong's last: Deuteronomy 3:16
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H2677
Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
H2677
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
H2677
And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
H2677
And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
H2677
And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
H2677
And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
H2677
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
H2677
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
H4276
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
H2677
Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
H2677
Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
H2677
And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
H2677
The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
H2677
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
H2677
And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
H2677
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
H2677
And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
H4276
And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
H4276
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
H2677
Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
H2677
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
H2677
And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
H2677
And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
H2677
Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
H2677
Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
English meaning and historical usage.
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half
H'ALF, noun h'af. plural halves, pronoun h'avz.
One equal part of a thing which is divided into two parts, either in fact or in contemplation; a moiety; as half a pound; half a tract of land; half an orange; half the miseries or pleasures of life. It is applied to quantity, number, length, and every thing susceptible of division. In practice, of is often or usually omitted after half We say, half a pound; half a mile; half the number.
Half the misery of life.
H'ALF, verb transitive To divide into halves. [See Halve.]
H'ALF, adverb In part, or in an equal part of degree.
Half loth, and half consenting.
In composition, half denotes an equal part; or indefinitely, a part, and hence, imperfect.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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