Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'half' occurs 164 times in the standard works.

87 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'half' in the standard works and contain 53% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 32 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 22:7-11 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 13:29-31 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:15-17 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 25:10 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 7:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Ex. 30:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 34:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 3:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 14:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ether 8:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 25:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 37:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 6:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 3:25 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 16:21 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 6:61 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 40:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 14:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 19:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 10:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 11:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 15:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 31:42-43 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 3:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 12:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 14:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 7:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:70-71 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 27:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 129 5 134
NT 7 8 15
BM 26 6 32
1 Ne. 0 1 1
Mosiah 10 1 11
Alma 6 1 7
Hel. 3 0 3
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 0 2 2
Ether 7 0 7
DC 2 5 7
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 164 24 188

Alma 6:6
Nevertheless the children of God were commanded that they should gather themselves together oft, and join in fasting and mighty prayer in behalf of the welfare of the souls of those who knew not God.

Alma 11:15
A shiblon is half of a senum; therefore, a shiblon for half a measure of barley.

Alma 11:16
And a shiblum is a half of a shiblon.

Alma 11:17
And a leah is the half of a shiblum.

Alma 20:23
Now the king, fearing he should lose his life, said: If thou wilt spare me I will grant unto thee whatsoever thou wilt ask, even to half of the kingdom.

Alma 22:32
And now, it was only the distance of a day and a half's journey for a Nephite, on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation, from the east to the west sea; and thus the land of Nephi and the land of Zarahemla were nearly surrounded by water, there being a small neck of land between the land northward and the land southward.