2001 Translation

ĒMISY, ēmisy

Sounds Like: HEE-mee-soo

Translations: half, a half, the half

From the root: ΗΜΙΣΥ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun

Explanation: This word refers to one of two equal parts into which something is divided. It can be used as an adjective, meaning 'half,' or as a noun, meaning 'a half' or 'the half.' It is often used to describe a portion or division of a whole.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G2255 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Deuteronomy — 3:12
• Joshua — 13:25, 13:29
• 1 Chronicles — 19:4
• 2 Esdras — 14:10, 14:15, 22:32, 22:38, 22:40, 23:24
• Tobit — 8:21, 10:10, 12:2, 12:4, 12:5
• Sirach — 29:6
• Isaiah — 44:16, 44:19
• Zechariah — 14:2, 14:4, 14:8
• Revelation — 11:9

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 6:138, 7:152, 8:194, 9:234, 10:257
• Book 4 — 4:71
• Book 7 — 11:275
• Book 8 — 2:31
• Book 9 — 4:85, 10:225
• Book 12 — 2:76
• Book 14 — 7:106
• Book 15 — 9:335

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 6:14, 6:15
• Book Six — 3:32, 6:2

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 31:6, 32:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 24:6, 30:13, 30:23, 39:2
• Leviticus — 6:20
• Numbers — 12:12, 15:9, 28:14, 34:14, 34:15
• Deuteronomy — 3:12
• Joshua — 9:6, 12:2, 12:5, 13:25, 13:31, 18:7, 22:1, 22:9, 22:10, 22:11, 22:13, 22:21, 22:30
• 2 Samuel — 18:3, 19:40
• 1 Kings — 3:25, 7:21, 10:7, 13:8, 16:21
• 1 Chronicles — 2:54, 5:18, 5:26, 19:4
• 2 Chronicles — 9:6
• Nehemiah — 4:16, 4:21, 12:32, 13:24
• Tobit — 8:21, 8:21, 10:10, 10:10, 12:2, 12:2, 12:4, 12:5, 12:5
• Sirach — 29:6
• Isaiah — 44:16, 44:19
• Ezekiel — 43:17
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 7:25, 9:27, 12:7
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 12:7
• Zechariah — 14:2, 14:4, 14:8

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 8 — 1:11, 5:2, 8:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Revelation — 11:9, 11:11, 12:14

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΗΜΙΣΥ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΗΜΙΣΕΣΙ — to the halves, for the halves
• ΗΜΙΣΕΣΙΝ — to half, to a half, to halves, half

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