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).
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Numbers 122 verses
- 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.
Deuteronomy 17 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:2 אַחַ֨ד adj Cardinal number ms It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
- Deuteronomy 1:3 בְּ/אֶחָ֣ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them;
- Deuteronomy 1:23 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
- Deuteronomy 4:42 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
- Deuteronomy 6:4 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:
- Deuteronomy 17:6 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 19:5 אַחַ֥ת adj Cardinal number fs as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:
- Deuteronomy 19:11 אַחַ֖ת adj Cardinal number fs But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and strike him mortally so that he dies, and he flee into one of these cities;
- Deuteronomy 19:15 אֶחָ֜ד adj Cardinal number ms One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
- Deuteronomy 21:15 הָ/אַחַ֤ת וְ/הָ/אַחַ֣ת ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number fs conj + ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number fs If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;
- Deuteronomy 24:5 אֶחָ֔ת adj Cardinal number fs When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
- Deuteronomy 25:5 אַחַ֤ד adj Cardinal number ms If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
- Deuteronomy 25:11 הָֽ/אֶחָ֔ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets;
- Deuteronomy 28:7 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you: they shall come out against you one way, and shall flee before you seven ways.
- Deuteronomy 28:25 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 28:55 לְ/אַחַ֣ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your gates.
- Deuteronomy 32:30 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms How should one chase a thousand, Two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, Yahweh had delivered them up?
Joshua 36 verses
- Joshua 3:12 אֶחָ֥ד אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
- Joshua 3:13 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.
- Joshua 3:16 אֶחָ֗ד adj Cardinal number ms that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
- Joshua 4:2 אֶחָ֥ד אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
- Joshua 4:4 אֶחָ֥ד אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
- Joshua 4:5 אַחַת֙ adj Cardinal number fs and Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
- Joshua 6:3 אֶחָ֑ת adj Cardinal number fs You shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shall you do six days.
- Joshua 6:11 אֶחָ֑ת adj Cardinal number fs So he caused the ark of Yahweh to compass the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
- Joshua 6:14 אַחַ֔ת adj Cardinal number fs The second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
- Joshua 7:21 אַחַ֨ת אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
- Joshua 9:2 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
- Joshua 10:42 אֶחָ֑ת adj Cardinal number fs All these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
- Joshua 12:9 אֶחָ֑ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
- Joshua 12:10 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
- Joshua 12:11 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
- Joshua 12:12 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
- Joshua 12:13 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
- Joshua 12:14 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
- Joshua 12:15 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
- Joshua 12:16 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
- Joshua 12:17 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
- Joshua 12:18 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
- Joshua 12:19 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
- Joshua 12:20 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
- Joshua 12:21 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
- Joshua 12:22 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
- Joshua 12:23 אֶחָ֑ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
- Joshua 12:24 אֶחָ֑ד וְ/אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one.
- Joshua 15:51 אַֽחַת adj Cardinal number fs and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
- Joshua 17:14 אֶחָד֙ אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because hitherto Yahweh has blessed me?
- Joshua 17:17 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power; you shall not have one lot only:
- Joshua 20:4 אַחַ֣ת adj Cardinal number fs He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
- Joshua 22:14 אֶחָ֜ד אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
- Joshua 22:20 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms Didn't Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man didn't perish alone in his iniquity.
- Joshua 23:10 אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Yahweh your God, he it is who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
- Joshua 23:14 אֶחָ֜ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you; all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it.
Judges 21 verses
- Judges 4:16 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
- Judges 6:16 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms Yahweh said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.
- Judges 8:18 אֶחָ֕ד adj Cardinal number ms Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom you killed at Tabor? They answered, As you are, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
- Judges 9:2 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
- Judges 9:5 אֶחָ֑ת adj Cardinal number fs He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being seventy persons, on one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
- Judges 9:18 אֶחָ֑ת adj Cardinal number fs and you are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid-servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
- Judges 9:37 אֶחָ֣ד adj Cardinal number ms Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.
- Judges 9:53 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
- Judges 13:2 אֶחָ֧ד adj Cardinal number ms There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear.
- Judges 15:4 אֶחָ֛ד adj Cardinal number ms Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.
- Judges 16:28 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs Samson called to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, remember me, Please, and strengthen me, Please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
- Judges 16:29 אֶחָ֥ד וְ/אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
- Judges 17:5 אַחַד֙ adj Cardinal number ms The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
- Judges 18:19 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
- Judges 20:1 אֶחָ֗ד adj Cardinal number ms Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
- Judges 20:8 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms All the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn to his house.
- Judges 20:11 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
- Judges 20:31 אַחַ֜ת וְ/אַחַ֤ת adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
- Judges 21:3 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms They said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?
- Judges 21:6 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms The children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
- Judges 21:8 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
Ruth 1 verse
1 Samuel 31 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:1 אֶחָ֜ד adj Cardinal number ms Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
- 1 Samuel 1:2 אַחַת֙ adj Cardinal number fs and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
- 1 Samuel 1:5 אַחַ֖ת adj Cardinal number fs but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
- 1 Samuel 1:24 אַחַ֥ת adj Cardinal number fs When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh: and the child was young.
- 1 Samuel 2:34 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.
- 1 Samuel 2:36 אַחַ֥ת adj Cardinal number fs It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
- 1 Samuel 6:4 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs Then they said, "What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him?" They said, "Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
- 1 Samuel 6:7 אֶחָ֔ת adj Cardinal number fs Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cattle, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cattle to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
- 1 Samuel 6:12 אַחַ֗ת adj Cardinal number fs The cattle took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
- 1 Samuel 6:17 אֶחָ֜ד אֶחָד֙ אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָ֖ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
- 1 Samuel 7:9 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering to Yahweh: and Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him.
- 1 Samuel 7:12 אַחַ֗ת adj Cardinal number fs Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto has Yahweh helped us.
- 1 Samuel 9:3 אַחַ֣ד adj Cardinal number ms The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.
- 1 Samuel 9:15 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,
- 1 Samuel 10:3 אֶחָ֞ד וְ/אֶחָד֙ וְ/אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Then shall you go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet you there three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
- 1 Samuel 11:7 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
- 1 Samuel 13:17 אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
- 1 Samuel 13:18 אֶחָד֙ אֶחָ֤ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
- 1 Samuel 14:4 הָֽ/אֶחָד֙ הָ/אֶחָ֖ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
- 1 Samuel 14:5 הָ/אֶחָ֛ד וְ/הָ/אֶחָ֥ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms conj + ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
- 1 Samuel 14:40 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Then said he to all Israel, Be you on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. The people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you.
- 1 Samuel 16:18 אֶחָ֨ד adj Cardinal number ms Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.
- 1 Samuel 16:20 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
- 1 Samuel 22:20 אֶחָ֗ד adj Cardinal number ms One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
- 1 Samuel 24:14 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- 1 Samuel 25:14 אֶחָ֛ד adj Cardinal number ms But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.
- 1 Samuel 26:8 אַחַ֔ת adj Cardinal number fs Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.
- 1 Samuel 26:15 אַחַ֣ד adj Cardinal number ms David said to Abner, Aren't you a [valiant] man? and who is like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.
- 1 Samuel 26:20 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms Now therefore, don't let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains.
- 1 Samuel 26:22 אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms David answered, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and get it.
- 1 Samuel 27:1 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
2 Samuel 21 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:15 לְ/אַחַד֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall on him. He struck him, so that he died.
- 2 Samuel 2:21 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
- 2 Samuel 2:25 אֶחָ֑ת אֶחָֽת adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
- 2 Samuel 3:13 אֶחָ֡ד adj Cardinal number ms He said, Well; I will make a league with you; but one thing I require of you: that is, you shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.
- 2 Samuel 4:2 הָ/אֶחָ֨ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms [Ish-bosheth], Saul's son, [had] two men who were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:
- 2 Samuel 6:19 אַחַ֔ת אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָ֑ת adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number fs He dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a cake of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed everyone to his house.
- 2 Samuel 6:20 אַחַ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
- 2 Samuel 7:7 אַחַד֙ adj Cardinal number ms In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
- 2 Samuel 7:23 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?
- 2 Samuel 12:1 אֶחָ֔ת אֶחָ֥ד וְ/אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
- 2 Samuel 12:3 אַחַ֤ת adj Cardinal number fs but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.
- 2 Samuel 13:30 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms It happened, while they were in the way, that the news came to David, saying, Absalom has slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
- 2 Samuel 14:6 הָ/אֶחָ֛ד הָ/אֶחָ֖ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms Your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.
- 2 Samuel 14:27 אַחַ֖ת adj Cardinal number fs To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.
- 2 Samuel 17:12 ב/אחת בְּ/אַחַ֤ד אֶחָֽד prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs cs prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs adj Cardinal number ms So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one.
- 2 Samuel 17:22 אַחַד֙ adj Cardinal number ms Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
- 2 Samuel 18:10 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
- 2 Samuel 18:11 אֶחָֽת adj Cardinal number fs Joab said to the man who told him, Behold, you saw it, and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten [pieces of] silver, and a sash.
- 2 Samuel 19:14 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as [the heart of] one man; so that they sent to the king, [saying], Return you, and all your servants.
- 2 Samuel 23:8 אחד אֶחָֽת adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number fs These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.
- 2 Samuel 24:12 אַֽחַת adj Cardinal number fs Go and speak to David, Thus says Yahweh, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it to you.
1 Kings 51 verses
- 1 Kings 2:16 אַחַת֙ adj Cardinal number fs Now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me. She said to him, Say on.
- 1 Kings 2:20 אַחַ֤ת adj Cardinal number fs Then she said, I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me. The king said to her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.
- 1 Kings 3:17 הָֽ/אַחַת֙ אֶחָ֑ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms The one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
- 1 Kings 3:25 לְ/אַחַ֔ת לְ/אֶחָֽת prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs The king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
- 1 Kings 4:7 אחד הָ/אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
- 1 Kings 4:19 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and [he was] the only officer who was in the land.
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
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
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;—
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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.
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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
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H259, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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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.
