Definition

a halving or the middle

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

• half (so much)
• mid(-day)

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.

What the first audience heard

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