Strong's Lexicon
G2256 — ἡμιώριον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2256 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἡμιώριον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from the base of G2255 and G5610 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | hemiorion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hay-mee-o'-ree-on |
| Meaning: | 1. a half-hour |
| KJV Renderings: | half an hour |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἡμιώριον and (L T Tr WH) ἡμιωρον (cf. Kühner, § 185, 6, 2; (Jelf, § 165, 6, 1 a.)), ἡμιωριου, τό (from ἠμί and ὥρα, cf. τό ἡμικοτυλιον, ἡμιμοιριον, ἡμικοσμιον, ἡμιχοινικιον, ἡμιωβόλιον, etc.), half an hour: Rev 8:1. (Strabo 2, p. 133; Geoponica; others (cf. Sophocles’ Lexicon, under the word).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἡμιώριον (half an hour)
Revelation 8:1
- KJV: And when he had opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour
- GK: και ότε ήνοιξε την σφραγίδα την εβδόμην εγένετο σιγή εν τω ουρανώ ως ημιώριον
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