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

Ether 8:2
And Jared rebelled against his father, and came and dwelt in the land of Heth. And it came to pass that he did flatter many people, because of his cunning words, until he had gained the half of the kingdom.

Ether 8:3
And when he had gained the half of the kingdom he gave battle unto his father, and he did carry away his father into captivity, and did make him serve in captivity;

Ether 8:4
And now, in the days of the reign of Omer he was in captivity the half of his days. And it came to pass that he begat sons and daughters, among whom were Esrom and Coriantumr;

Ether 10:32
And it came to pass that Com drew away the half of the kingdom. And he reigned over the half of the kingdom forty and two years; and he went to battle against the king, Amgid, and they fought for the space of many years, during which time Com gained power over Amgid, and obtained power over the remainder of the kingdom.

Ether 11:15
And it came to pass that there arose a rebellion among the people, because of that secret combination which was built up to get power and gain; and there arose a mighty man among them in iniquity, and gave battle unto Moron, in which he did overthrow the half of the kingdom; and he did maintain the half of the kingdom for many years.