G2256
G2256 — ἡμιώριον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
hemiorion (hay-mee-o'-ree-on) n.
1. a half-hour
[from the base of G2255 and G5610]
KJV: half an hour
Root(s): G2255, G5610
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
half an hour
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