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מַחֲצִית H4276

H4276 is the Hebrew word מַחֲצִית, transliterated machătsîyth and said makh-ats-eeth'. The King James Version most often renders it half.

Word: מַחֲצִיתTransliteration: machătsîythSaid: makh-ats-eeth'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 14 verses

What it means

a halving or the middle.

Where it comes from

from H2673 (חָצָה)lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

half 11×out of the half 2×than half 1×much 1×namely out of the half 1×until midday 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: half (so much), mid(-day).

Verses using מַחֲצִית

All 14 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 30:13 · KJV

This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.

Exodus 30:15 · KJV

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Exodus 30:23 · KJV

Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

Exodus 38:26 · KJV

A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

Leviticus 6:20 · KJV

This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.

Numbers 31:29 · KJV

Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.

Numbers 31:30 · KJV

And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

Numbers 31:42 · KJV

And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

Numbers 31:47 · KJV

Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Joshua 21:25 · KJV

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

1 Kings 16:9 · KJV

And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

1 Chronicles 6:61 · KJV

And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

1 Chronicles 6:70 · KJV

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

Nehemiah 8:3 · KJV

And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4276 mean?

H4276 is the Hebrew word מַחֲצִית (machătsîyth), meaning a halving or the middle.

How is H4276 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it half (11 times), out of the half (2 times), than half (1 time), much (1 time), namely out of the half (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4276 appear in the Bible?

מַחֲצִית (machătsîyth) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4276 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H2673 (חָצָה)lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה.

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