Half
חֲצִיStrong’s H2677chetsi (che-tsi)
Appears in 103 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chetsi is the Hebrew word usually translated “half of”, “half” and “middle of”. It appears in 103 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”
Meaning
- Halfmiddle
How it's translated
- and half of 30
- half of 29
- and a half 15
- in middle of 6
- and to half of 6
- to half of 4
- half of it 4
- half 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 25
- Exodus 13
- 1 Chronicles 13
- Nehemiah 12
- Numbers 8
- 1 Kings 7
19 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 12:7In contextAnd I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
- Zechariah 14:2In contextFor I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
- Zechariah 14:4In contextAnd his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
- Zechariah 14:8In contextAnd it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
- Exodus 12:29And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
- Exodus 24:6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
All 103 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חֲצִי chetsi · half
1) half 1a) half 1b) middle
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “half” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
H'ALF, noun
h'af. plural halves, pronoun h'avz.
All definitions and other forms of “half”
H'ALF, verb transitive
To divide into halves. [See Halve.]
H'ALF, adverb
In part, or in an equal part of degree.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.