Lexicon :: Strong's H2677 - ḥēṣî

חֵצִי

Transliteration

ḥēṣî

Pronunciation

khay-tsee'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From חָצָה (H2673)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 719b

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

חֵצִי chêtsîy, khay-tsee'; from H2673; the half or middle:—half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 125x

The KJV translates Strong's H2677 in the following manner: half (108x), midst (8x), part (4x), midnight (with H3915) (4x), middle (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 125x

The KJV translates Strong's H2677 in the following manner: half (108x), midst (8x), part (4x), midnight (with H3915) (4x), middle (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

half
1. half
2. middle

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

חֵצִי chêtsîy, khay-tsee'; from H2673; the half or middle:—half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H2677: Abbreviations

חֲצִי ₁₂₃ noun masculine^{Numbers 12:12} half (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician חצי; on formative see Lag^{BN 113}) — absolute חֲצִי 1 Kings 3:25 (twice in verse) + 3 times; הַחֵ֑צִי 1 Kings 10:7, compare 1 Kings 16:21; וָחֵ֔צִי Ezekiel 40:42; וָחֵצִי Daniel 12:7 + 13 times (usually with Pashta or Tiphcha), compare בַּחֵ֖צִי 2 Samuel 10:4; 1 Chronicles 19:4; construct חֲצִי Exodus 12:29 + 84 times; suffix חֶצְיוֺ Exodus 38:4 + 7 times + Joshua 8:33 וְהַחֶצְיוֺ (but article suspicious. see Ges^{§ 127 R 3, 4}); חֶצְיָהּ Nehemiah 3:38; חֶצְיֵנוּ 2 Samuel 18:3; חֶצְיָם Zechariah 14:8 (twice in verse) + 2 times —

1. half of anything: — blood of offering Exodus 24:6 (twice in verse) (JE), beard 2 Samuel 10:4, a hin Numbers 15:9, 10; Numbers 28:14 (P); curtain Exodus 26:12 (P); week השׁבוע ח׳ Daniel 9:27 etc.; אַמָּה ח׳ half a cubit Exodus 26:16; Exodus 36:21 (P) +; especially שׁבט ח׳ half a tribe Numbers 32:33; Numbers 34:13, 14, 15 (P) +; half of people 2 Samuel 18:3; 2 Samuel 19:41; 1 Kings 16:21 (3 times in verse) +, etc. so הַמְּנֻחוֺת ח׳ 1 Chronicles 2:52 and הַמָּנַחְתִּי ח׳ 1 Chronicles 2:54 (see Be and מָנַחַת below נוח). — On כבחצי 1 Samuel 14:4 see We Dr.

2. middle הלילה ח׳ Exodus 12:29 (J) midnight, so Judges 16:3 (twice in verse); Ruth 3:8; of garments 2 Samuel 10:4; 1 Chronicles 19:4; altar Exodus 27:5; of the Mt. of Olives Zechariah 14:4; יָמַי ח׳ Psalm 102:25 the midst of my days (when they are but half done), Jeremiah 17:11.

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