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G2253 ἡμιθανής (hēmithanḗs)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

half-dead

Strong's Definition

half dead, i.e. entirely exhausted

Derivation: from a presumed compound of the base of G2255 (ἥμισυ) and G2348 (θνήσκω);

KJV Usage: half dead

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἡμιθανής, ἡμιθανες (from ἠμί half, and θνῄσκω, 2 aorist ἔθανον), half dead: Luk_10:30. ((Dionysius Halicarnassus 10, 7); Diodorus 12, 62; Strabo 2, p. 98; Anthol. 11, 392, 4; (4Ma_4:11); others.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἡμιθανής hēmithanēs 1x half dead, Luk_10:30

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

**† ἡμιθανής , -ές ( < ἥμι , half + θνήσκω ), [in LXX : 4Ma_4:11 * ;] half-dead: Luk_10:30 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἡμιθανής [page 280] A good parallel to the use of this rare word (for class. ἡμιθνής ) in Luk_10:30 is afforded by P Amh II. 141 .13 (A.D. 350) where a woman lodges a complaint regarding an assault committed on her by her brother and his wife πληγαῖς ἱκαναῖς με κατέκτ̣ι [να ]ν . . . . ἡμιθανῆ καταστήσαντες , they nearly killed me by numbers of blows and left me half dead (Edd.). Cf. JBL xlv. p. 200. [Supplemental from 1930 edition] ἡμιθανής . Add JBL xlv. (1926), p. 200.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἡμιθανής ἡμι-θα^νής, ές [Etym: θνήσκω] "half-dead", Anth.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἡμιθανής, -ές (ἥμι, half + θνήσκω) [in LXX: 4Ma.4:11 * ;] half-dead: Luk.10:30.† (AS)

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