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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Jeremiah 11 verses
- Jeremiah 52:20 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.
- Jeremiah 52:21 הָ/אֶחָ֔ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow.
- Jeremiah 52:22 הָ/אַחַת֮ ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number fs A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
- Jeremiah 52:25 אֶחָ֜ד adj Cardinal number ms and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.
Ezekiel 73 verses
- Ezekiel 1:6 לְ/אֶחָ֑ת לְ/אַחַ֥ת prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Everyone had four faces, and everyone of them had four wings.
- Ezekiel 1:15 אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.
- Ezekiel 1:16 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
- Ezekiel 4:9 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms Take for yourself also wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make you bread of it; [according to] the number of the days that you shall lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days, shall you eat of it.
- Ezekiel 7:5 אַחַ֥ת adj Cardinal number fs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes.
- Ezekiel 8:7 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
- Ezekiel 8:8 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms Then said he to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door.
- Ezekiel 9:2 אֶחָ֤ד adj Cardinal number ms Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
- Ezekiel 10:9 אֶחָ֗ד אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
- Ezekiel 10:10 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms As for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel have been within a wheel.
- Ezekiel 10:14 לְ/אֶחָ֑ד הָ/אֶחָ֜ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
- Ezekiel 10:21 לְ/אֶחָ֔ד לְ/אֶחָ֑ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
- Ezekiel 11:19 אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;
- Ezekiel 16:5 אַחַ֥ת adj Cardinal number fs No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you, to have compassion on you; but you were cast out in the open field, for that your person was abhorred, in the day that you were born.
- Ezekiel 17:7 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
- Ezekiel 18:10 מֵ/אַחַ֖ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms If he fathers a son who is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,
- Ezekiel 19:3 אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
- Ezekiel 19:5 אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
- Ezekiel 21:19 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they both shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.
- Ezekiel 23:2 אַחַ֖ת adj Cardinal number fs Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
- Ezekiel 23:13 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.
- Ezekiel 26:1 בְּ/אֶחָ֣ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms It happened in the eleventh year, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 29:17 בְּ/אֶחָ֣ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms It came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 30:20 בְּ/אַחַ֤ת prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs It happened in the eleventh year, in the first [month], in the seventh [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 31:1 בְּ/אַחַ֤ת בְּ/אֶחָ֣ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms It happened in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 32:1 בְּ/אֶחָ֣ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms It happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 33:2 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and tell them, When I bring the sword on a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman;
- Ezekiel 33:24 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms Son of man, they who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
- Ezekiel 33:30 אַחַ֗ד adj Cardinal number ms As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Please come and hear what is the word that comes forth from Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 34:23 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
- Ezekiel 37:16 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms You, son of man, take one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and [for] all the house of Israel his companions:
- Ezekiel 37:17 אֶחָ֧ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֑ד לַ/אֲחָדִ֖ים adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms prep det + Adjective Cardinal number mp and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
- Ezekiel 37:19 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.
- Ezekiel 37:22 אֶחָ֤ד אֶחָ֛ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;
- Ezekiel 37:24 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
- Ezekiel 40:5 אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
- Ezekiel 40:6 אֶחָד֙ אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up the steps of it: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.
- Ezekiel 40:7 אֶחָ֥ד אֶחָד֙ אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.
- Ezekiel 40:8 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.
- Ezekiel 40:10 אַחַ֖ת אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
- Ezekiel 40:12 אֶחָ֔ת אַחַ֥ת adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
- Ezekiel 40:26 אֶחָ֥ד וְ/אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms There were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches of it were before them; and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on the posts of it.
- Ezekiel 40:42 אַחַ֤ת אַחַת֙ אֶחָ֑ת adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs There were four tables for the burnt offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
- Ezekiel 40:43 אֶחָ֛ד adj Cardinal number ms The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
- Ezekiel 40:44 אֶחָ֗ד adj Cardinal number ms Outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
- Ezekiel 40:49 אֶחָ֥ד וְ/אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
- Ezekiel 41:11 אֶחָד֙ אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms The doors of the side-chambers were toward [the place] that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
- Ezekiel 41:24 אֶחָ֔ת adj Cardinal number fs The doors had two leaves [apiece], two turning leaves: two [leaves] for the one door, and two leaves for the other.
- Ezekiel 42:4 אֶחָ֑ת adj Cardinal number fs Before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
- Ezekiel 43:13 הָ/אֶחָ֔ד ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms These are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border of it by the edge of it round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.
- Ezekiel 43:14 אֶחָ֑ת adj Cardinal number fs From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
- Ezekiel 45:7 אַחַ֣ד adj Cardinal number ms [Whatever is] for the prince [shall be] on the one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.
- Ezekiel 45:11 אֶחָד֙ adj Cardinal number ms The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure of it shall be after the homer.
- Ezekiel 45:15 אַחַ֨ת adj Cardinal number fs and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel; -for a meal-offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for them, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 45:18 בְּ/אֶחָ֣ד prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish; and you shall cleanse the sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 46:17 לְ/אַחַד֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.
- Ezekiel 46:22 אַחַ֔ת adj Cardinal number fs In the four corners of the court there were courts enclosed, forty [cubits] long and thirty broad: these four in the corners were of one measure.
- Ezekiel 48:1 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they shall have their sides east [and] west), Dan, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:2 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:3 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:4 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:5 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:6 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:7 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:23 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:24 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms By the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:25 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms By the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:26 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms By the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:27 אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:31 אֶחָ֗ד אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
- Ezekiel 48:32 אֶחָ֗ד אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms At the east side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
- Ezekiel 48:33 אֶחָ֗ד אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms At the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
- Ezekiel 48:34 אֶחָ֗ד אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms At the west side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
Daniel 14 verses
- Daniel 1:21 אַחַ֖ת adj Cardinal number fs Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.
- Daniel 8:3 אֶחָ֗ד וְ/הָ/אַחַת֙ adj Cardinal number ms conj + ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number fs Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
- Daniel 8:9 הָ/אַחַ֣ת אַחַ֖ת ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs Out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious [land].
- Daniel 8:13 אֶֽחָד אֶחָ֨ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, How long shall be the vision [concerning] the continual [burnt-offering], and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
- Daniel 9:1 אַחַ֗ת adj Cardinal number fs In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
- Daniel 9:2 אַחַת֙ adj Cardinal number fs in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
- Daniel 9:27 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.
- Daniel 10:5 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz:
- Daniel 10:13 וְ/אֶחָ֣ד אַחַ֛ד conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
- Daniel 10:21 אֶחָ֜ד adj Cardinal number ms But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who holds with me against these, but Michael your prince."
- Daniel 11:1 אַחַ֔ת adj Cardinal number fs "As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
- Daniel 11:20 אֲחָדִים֙ adj Cardinal number mp Then shall stand up in his place one who shall cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
- Daniel 11:27 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
- Daniel 12:5 אֶחָ֥ד וְ/אֶחָ֥ד adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.
Hosea 1 verse
Amos 3 verses
- Amos 4:7 אֶחָ֔ת אַחַ֖ת אַחַת֙ adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs "I also have withheld the rain from you, When there were yet three months to the harvest; And I caused it to rain on one city, And caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, And the piece where it didn't rain withered.
- Amos 4:8 אַחַ֛ת adj Cardinal number fs So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, And were not satisfied: Yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
- Amos 6:9 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house, That they shall die.
Jonah 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Haggai 3 verses
- Haggai 1:1 אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
- Haggai 2:1 וְ/אֶחָ֖ד conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
- Haggai 2:6 אַחַ֖ת adj Cardinal number fs For this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: 'Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;
Zechariah 8 verses
- Zechariah 3:9 אַחַ֖ת אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the engraving of it,' says Yahweh of Hosts, 'and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
- Zechariah 4:3 אֶחָד֙ וְ/אֶחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it."
- Zechariah 5:7 אַחַ֔ת adj Cardinal number fs (and, behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah basket."
- Zechariah 8:21 אַחַ֨ת אַחַ֜ת adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs and the inhabitants of one shall go to another, saying, 'Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of Hosts. I will go also.'
- Zechariah 11:7 לְ/אַחַ֞ד וּ/לְ/אַחַד֙ prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union," and I fed the flock.
- Zechariah 11:8 אֶחָ֑ד adj Cardinal number ms I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
- Zechariah 14:7 אֶחָ֗ד adj Cardinal number ms It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.
- Zechariah 14:9 אֶחָ֖ד אֶחָֽד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.
Malachi 2 verses
- Malachi 2:10 אֶחָד֙ אֶֽחָ֖ד adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Don't we all have one father? Hasn't one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
- Malachi 2:15 אֶחָ֣ד הָֽ/אֶחָ֔ד adj Cardinal number ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number ms Did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
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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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
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.
