חֲצִי chetsi

Hebrew word for “half” · Strong’s H2677 · used 125 times in 103 verses

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Meaning

1) half; 1a) half; 1b) middle

How it is translated

Glosses given for chetsi in context, with how often each is used:

• half 110
• middle 14
• about in half 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 22 (8), Nehemiah 3 (5), Joshua 13 (4), Exodus 25 (3), Exodus 37 (3), Numbers 34 (3), Joshua 12 (3), Joshua 21 (3), 1 Kings 7 (3), 1 Chronicles 5 (3)

Forms

• וחצי 45
• חצי 33
• בחצי 8
• ולחצי 7
• לחצי 7
• חציו 5
• ומחצי 3
• החצי 3
• וחצים 3
• והחציו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chetsi more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מְנַשֶּׁה menashsheh “Manasseh” 30
• שֵׁבֶט shevet “tribe” 22
• גָּדִי gadi “Gad” 10
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 13
• עַד ad “till” 22
• רְאוּבֵנִי reuveni “Reubenite” 9
• מַטֶּה matteh “tribe” 13
• רְאוּבֵן reuven “Reuben” 10
• רֹחַב rochav “width” 10
• אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 10
• בָּשָׁן bashan “Bashan” 9
• גִּלְעָד gilad “Gilead” 10

Key verses

The verses using chetsi that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 12:29 — And 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…
• Numbers 32:33 — And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of…
• Joshua 8:33 — And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the…
• Joshua 10:13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun…
• Joshua 22:15 — And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them,…
• 1 Chronicles 5:26 — And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the…
• Jeremiah 17:11 — As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end…
• Daniel 9:27 — 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…
• Daniel 12:7 — And 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…
• Zechariah 14:2 — For 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…
• Zechariah 14:4 — And 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…
• Zechariah 14:8 — And 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.