אֶחָד
one
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Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H259 appears in the Book of Numbers — 122 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Numbers
- Numbers 1:1 בְּ/אֶחָד֩ prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- Numbers 1:18 בְּ/אֶחָד֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
- Numbers 1:41 אֶחָ֧ד adj Cardinal number ms those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 1:44 אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers' house.
- Numbers 2:16 וְ/אֶחָ֨ד conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms "All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their hosts. They shall set out second.
- Numbers 2:28 אֶחָ֧ד adj Cardinal number ms His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.
- Numbers 6:11 אֶחָ֤ד וְ/אֶחָ֣ד adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day.
- Numbers 6:14 אֶחָד֙ אַחַ֧ת אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
- Numbers 6:19 אַחַת֙ אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the head of his separation;
- Numbers 7:3 לְ/אֶחָ֑ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
- Numbers 7:11 אֶחָ֜ד אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Yahweh said to Moses, "They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar."
- Numbers 7:13 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:14 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:15 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:16 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:19 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms He offered for his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:20 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:21 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:22 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:25 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:26 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:27 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:28 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:31 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:32 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:33 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:34 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:37 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:38 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:39 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:40 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:43 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:44 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:45 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:46 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:49 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:50 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:51 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:52 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:55 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:56 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:57 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:58 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:61 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:62 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:63 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:64 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:67 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:68 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:69 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:70 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:73 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:74 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:75 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:76 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:79 אַחַ֗ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:80 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
- Numbers 7:81 אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
- Numbers 7:82 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin offering;
- Numbers 7:85 הָֽ/אַחַת֙ הָ/אֶחָ֑ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number fs ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
- Numbers 8:12 הָ/אֶחָ֨ד הָ/אֶחָ֤ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.
- Numbers 9:14 אַחַת֙ adj Cardinal number fs If a foreigner lives among you, and desires to keep the Passover to Yahweh; according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its ordinance, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the foreigner, and for him who is born in the land.'"
- Numbers 10:4 בְּ/אַחַ֖ת prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs If they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
- Numbers 11:19 אֶחָ֛ד adj Cardinal number ms You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,
- Numbers 11:26 הָ/אֶחָ֣ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested on them; and they were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
- Numbers 13:2 אֶחָד֩ אֶחָ֜ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Send you men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, everyone a prince among them.
- Numbers 13:23 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; [they brought] also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
- Numbers 14:15 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms Now if you shall kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
- Numbers 15:5 הָ/אֶחָֽד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shall you prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
- Numbers 15:11 הָֽ/אֶחָ֔ד הָ/אֶחָ֑ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms Thus shall it be done for each bull, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids.
- Numbers 15:12 לָ/אֶחָ֖ד prep det + Adjective Cardinal number ms According to the number that you shall prepare, so shall you do to everyone according to their number.
- Numbers 15:15 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner [with you], a statute forever throughout your generations: as you are, so shall the foreigner be before Yahweh.
- Numbers 15:16 אַחַ֛ת אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.
- Numbers 15:24 אֶחָ֨ד אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor to Yahweh, with the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin-offering.
- Numbers 15:27 אַחַ֖ת adj Cardinal number fs If one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin-offering.
- Numbers 15:29 אַחַת֙ adj Cardinal number fs You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them.
- Numbers 16:15 אֶחָ֤ד אַחַ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, "Don't respect their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them."
- Numbers 16:22 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms They fell on their faces, and said, God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?
- Numbers 17:3 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
- Numbers 17:6 אֶחָ֜ד אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
- Numbers 28:4 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms The one lamb shall you offer in the morning, and the other lamb shall you offer at even;
- Numbers 28:7 הָ/אֶחָ֑ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms The drink-offering of it shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shall you pour out a drink-offering of strong drink to Yahweh.
- Numbers 28:11 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 28:12 הָ/אֶחָ֑ד הָֽ/אֶחָֽד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms and three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram;
- Numbers 28:13 הָ/אֶחָ֑ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms and a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal-offering to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Numbers 28:15 אֶחָ֛ד adj Cardinal number ms One male goat for a sin-offering to Yahweh; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink-offering of it.
- Numbers 28:19 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
- Numbers 28:21 הָ/אֶחָ֑ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms a tenth part shall you offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;
- Numbers 28:22 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms and one male goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.
- Numbers 28:27 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms but you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old;
- Numbers 28:28 הָֽ/אֶחָ֔ד הָ/אֶחָֽד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for each bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,
- Numbers 28:29 הָ/אֶחָ֑ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
- Numbers 28:30 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat, to make atonement for you.
- Numbers 29:1 בְּ/אֶחָ֣ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
- Numbers 29:2 אֶחָ֖ד אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms You shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:4 אֶחָ֔ד הָ/אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
- Numbers 29:5 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms and one male goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you;
- Numbers 29:8 אֶחָ֖ד אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a sweet savor: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
- Numbers 29:9 הָ/אֶחָֽד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,
- Numbers 29:10 הָ/אֶחָ֑ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs:
- Numbers 29:11 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meal-offering of it, and their drink-offerings.
- Numbers 29:14 הָֽ/אֶחָ֗ד הָֽ/אֶחָ֔ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for every bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,
- Numbers 29:15 הָ/אֶחָ֑ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
- Numbers 29:16 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms and one male goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
- Numbers 29:19 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal-offering of it, and their drink-offerings.
- Numbers 29:22 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
- Numbers 29:25 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
- Numbers 29:28 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms and one male goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
- Numbers 29:31 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offerings of it.
- Numbers 29:34 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt offering, the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
- Numbers 29:36 אֶחָ֖ד אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 29:38 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms and one male goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it.
- Numbers 31:28 אֶחָ֣ד adj Cardinal number ms Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks:
- Numbers 31:30 אֶחָ֣ד adj Cardinal number ms Of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, [even] of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tent of Yahweh.
- Numbers 31:34 אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms and seventy-one thousand donkeys,
- Numbers 31:39 אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh's tribute was sixty-one.
- Numbers 31:47 אֶחָ֣ד adj Cardinal number ms even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tent of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Numbers 33:38 בְּ/אֶחָ֥ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
- Numbers 34:18 אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
- Numbers 35:30 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
- Numbers 36:3 לְ/אֶחָ֞ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms If they be married to any of the sons of the [other] tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
- Numbers 36:8 לְ/אֶחָ֗ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Every daughter, who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
About this entry
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At its core, אחד (ʼechâd) means “one.” Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. Spanning 739 verses in 34 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 1:5. Sharing its root, it stands alongside אחד, חד and אחוד. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H259 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 739
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 739 distinct verses.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #43
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 43 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 739 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 324 verses · 44%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 295 verses · 40%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 120 verses · 16%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: One 519×, A 35×, Other 29×
- American Standard Version: One 469×, Other 30×, A 27×
- Berean Standard Bible: One 410×, Each 55×, A 53×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: One 691×, One of 38×, First 29×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H259 across 942 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 127 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 10 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H259 across 943 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 141 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H259 across 852 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 77 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 114 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H259 across 1,000 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 46 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 16 further occurrences.
10 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 10 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. one Gn 1:9; 27:38, 45 Ex 12:49 Jos 23:10 1 S 1:24 2 S 12:3 +, Zc 14:9 Mal 2:10 Jb 31:15 +, so also (emph.) 2 S 17:3 for MT אֲשֶׁר 𝔊 We Dr; one or two לֹא לְיוֹם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם Ezr 10:13; as subst. sq. מִן Gn 2:21 Lv 4:2, 13 Is 34:16 +; הָא׳ Gn 19:9; 42:13, 32 2 K 6:3, 5 +; one and the same Gn 40:5 Jb 31:15; pl. דְּבָרִים אֲחָדִים †Gn 11:1 cf. Ez 37:17 (abs.), but v. Co; = few, a few יָמִים א׳ †Gn 27:44; 29:20 Dn 11:20; כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד as one man, together Ju 20:8 1 S 11:7; also כְּאֶחָד late = Aramaic כַּחֲדָא †Ezr 2:64 (= Ne 7:66) 3:9; 6:20 Ec 11:6; v. especially Is 65:25 (‖ earlier יַחְדָּו 11:6, 7). e.g. Genesis 1:9
- 2. = each, every Ex 36:30 Nu 7:3, 85; 28:21 1 K 4:7 2 K 15:20 +; also repeated, distrib. sense Nu 7:11; 13:2; 17:21 Jos 3:12; 4:2, 4. e.g. Exodus 36:30
- 3. = a certain 1 S 1:1 2 S 18:10 2 K 4:1 Est 3:8 + cf. 2 S 17:9 v. Dr 1 S 1:1; hence e.g. 1 Samuel 1:1
- 4. = indef. art. 1 S 6:7; 24:15; 26:20 (but del. 𝔊 We Dr) 1 K 19:4, 5 +. e.g. 1 Samuel 6:7
- 5. only 1 K 4:19, & (fem.) once 2 K 6:10 ψ 62:12; 89:36 (once for all); אַחַת לְשָׁלוֹשׁ שָׁנִים 2 Ch 9:21, א׳ בַּשָּׁנָה Lv 16:34 cf. Jb 40:5, פַּעַם אֶחָ֑ת Jos 6:3, 11 cf. v 14, בְּאַחַת Nu 10:4 בְּאַחַת is rather ‘in one (of the trumpets)’ Jb 33:14 it = in one way; at once בְּאֶחָ֑ת Pr 28:18 read prob. with 𝔖 Lag Dys Bi בַּשָּׁ֑חַת cf. וְאִנָּֽקְמָה נְקַם־אַחַת Ju 16:28 is rather ‘vengeance for one of my two eyes’ (v. GFM). Je 10:8 בְּאַחַת prob. = in one, altogether. e.g. 1 Kings 4:19
- 6. one … another, the one … the other א׳ … א׳ Ex 17:12; 18:3, 4 Am 4:7 2 S 12:1 Je 24:2 2 Ch 3:17 Ne 4:11 +; … הא׳ א׳ Lv 14:22; 15:15 2 S 14:6 read הָאֶחָד אֶת־אָחִיו 𝔊 We Dr; one after another, one by one, לְאַחַד אֶחָד Is 27:12 cf. Ec 7:27. e.g. Exodus 17:12
- 7. as ordinal, first (mostly P & late) Gn 1:5 (P) 2:11 (J) Ex 39:10 (P) Ez 10:14 Jb 42:14; of first day of month Ex 40:2 (P) Ezr 3:6; 10:16, 17 Ne 8:2 Hg 1:1; first year, שְׁנַת אַחַת 2 Ch 36:22 Ezr 1:1 Dn 1:21; 9:1, 2; 11:1; cf. first (day, יוֹם om.) Gn 8:5, 13 בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ; so Ex 40:17 Lv 23:24 Nu 1:1, 18; 29:1; 33:38 (all P) Dt 1:3 2 Ch 29:17 Ezr 7:9(×2) Ez 26:1; 29:17; 31:1; 32:1; 45:18. e.g. Genesis 1:5
- 8. in combin.,
- a. אַחַד עָשָׂר eleven (cf. עָשָׂר, עַשְׁתֵּי) Gn 32:23; 37:9 (JE) Dt 1:2; so אַחַת־עֶשְׂרֵה Jos 15:51 (P) 2 K 23:36; 24:18 2 Ch 36:5, 11 Je 52:1 (precedes noun, except Jos 15:51); as ordinal, eleventh אַחַת עֶשְׁרֵה שָׁנָה Ez 30:20; 31:1 cf. 1 K 6:38 2 K 9:29; e.g. Genesis 32:23
- b. with other numerals, as cardinal אֶחָד וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת Nu 1:41 cf. 2:16, 28; 31:34, 39 (all P; א׳ precedes other numeral); but אַרְבָּעִים וְאַחַת שָׁנָה (א׳ following) 1 K 14:21; 15:10 2 K 14:23 2 Ch 12:13 cf. 2 K 22:1 = 2 Ch 34:1; 2 K 24:18 = Je 52:1 = 2 Ch 36:11; Jose 12:24 (D) Is 30:17 Ezr 2:26 = Ne 7:30 cf. v 37; Dn 10:13; as ordinal בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה Gn 8:13 (P) Ex 12:18 (P), 1 Ch 24:17; 25:28 2 Ch 16:13 (א׳ preceding); but 1 K 16:23 Hg 2:1 (א׳ following). e.g. Numbers 1:41
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
adj.num. one (Ph. אחד, Sab. id., cf. DHMZMG 1876, 707, Arabic أَحَدٌ, Ethiopic አሐዱ Aramaic חַד,ܚܰܕ; on Assyrian êdu, aḫadu, cf. DlW No. 139)—abs. א׳ Gn 1:5 + cstr. אַחַ֫ד Gn 21:15 +; so even bef. prep. 1 S 9:3 al. v. Dr; f. abs. אַחַ֫ת Gn 2:21 +; אֶחָ֑ת Gn 11:1 +; cstr. אַחַ֫ת Dt 13:13 +; pl. m. אֲחָדִים Gn 11:1 + 4 times; חַד Ez 33:30 del. Co cf. 𝔊;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אחד (ʼâchad) (H258) — to be sharp.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אֶחָד
- , אַחַת f. (b. h.; v. next w., one. [Freq. represented by א׳.] Kidd. 50ᵇ, a. fr. בבת אחת simultaneously, v. בַּת III. Peah III, 3 המחליק מאחת יד וכ׳ (Ms. M. בא׳) he who takes out onions with a unity of hand, i.e. all of them for one purpose. Ber. 61ᵇ, a. fr. על אחת כמה וכמה (abbr. עאכ"ו) how much against one, i.e. how much the more.—אחד … אחד both … as well as. Tem. I, 1 א׳ האנשים וכ׳ both, men as well as women. Y. Keth. V, 29ᵈ top אחת זו ואחתֹ זו the one as well as the other; a. fr.—כְּאֶחָד, כְּאַחַת at the same time. Tosef. Neg. I, 11; sq. Sot. 8ᵃ; a. fr.—Yoma I, 7 והפג אחת and cool thyself for once, for a change, v. חֲדַת.—Pl. אֲחָדִים
- 1. singular, unique. Yalk. Gen. 62 (ref. to דברים אחדים Gen. XI, 1) they spoke words על שני א׳ against two only ones (ref. to אחד Ezek. XXXIII, 24 a. Deut. VI, 4) [corr. acc. Gen. R. s. 38]. e.g. Genesis 11:1
- 2. (cmp. אֲחַד) closed up, mysterious. Gen. R. l. c. (Yalk. l. c. אֲחוּדִים v. next w.).
אָחַד
- (sec. r. of חוּד, v. חוּד I) to join, close. Part. pass. אָחוּד, pl. אֲחוּדִים
- 1. closed up, mysterious. Yalk. Gen. 62, v. foreg.
- 2. joined, united. Gen. R. s. 38 (ref. to Gen. XI, 1, v. foreg.) דברים א׳ common goods, communism. e.g. Genesis 11:1
אֲחַד
- , Pa. אָחֵיד, אַחֵד ch. (v. foreg.)
- 1. (corresp. to h. סגר a. תפש; cmp. h. אחז) to close (the door), to lock up; to seize, capture. Targ. Is. XXII, 22 אָחֵיד. Ib. יֵיחוֹד, יִיחוֹד (fut.).—Targ. Deut. XXI, 19 יְאַ׳ = יַחֲדוּן (Pa.; Var. יֶחֱדוּן = יֶאֶח׳ Pe.). Targ. Am. III, 5; a. fr.—Snh. 26ᵃ bot., a. e. אחדיה לדשא locked the door. Pes. 111ᵇ ליה רוחא אחדא a spirit (demon, disease) seizes him.—Part. pass. אֲחִיד a) locked up. Targ. Josh. VI, 1; a. e.—b) (v. אָחוּז, s. v. אָחַז) holding. Targ. Am. II, 15; a. fr.—Part. pass. Pa. מְאַחַד locked up, hidden. Targ. Job. XXVI, 9.
- 2. to devote, v. אֲחִיד.
- to seize. Targ. Ps. LXXIII, 23.
- 1. to be seized. Targ. Ez. XIX, 4; a. fr.
- 2. to be locked up, joined. Targ. Is. XXIV, 10 את אחידו … (read אתאחידו). Ib. LIX, 10 Rashi (ed. אתא חד corr. acc.). Targ. Job XLI, 9 (8); a. e.—אִתְּחִיד. Ḥull. 52ᵇ א׳ דשא the door was locked.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 165 distinct written forms H259 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 105 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 716 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 739 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:5
- Exodus 1:15
- Leviticus 4:2
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:2
- Joshua 3:12
- Judges 4:16
- Ruth 1:4
- 1 Samuel 1:1
- 2 Samuel 1:15
- 1 Kings 2:16
- 2 Kings 2:16
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
