Half-dead
ἡμιθανήςStrong’s G2253hēmithanēs
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Hēmithanēs is the Greek word usually translated “half dead”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.”
Meaning
Usually translated “half dead”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- half dead 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἡμιθανής hēmithanēs · half-dead
ἡμιθανής, -ές (ἥμι, half + θνήσκω) [in LXX: 4Ma.4:11 * ;] half-dead: Luk.10:30.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “halfdead” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
H'ALF-DEAD, adjective
Almost dead; nearly exhausted.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.