Strong’s H2677 · Hebrew

חֵצִי
chêtsîy
khay-tsee'

Definition

the half or middle

Etymology

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

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • half
  • middle
  • mid(-night)
  • midst
  • part
  • two parts

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.