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Lexicon :: Strong's H259 - 'eḥāḏ

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אֶחָד
Transliteration
'eḥāḏ
Pronunciation
ekh-awd'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
A numeral from אָחַד (H258)
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TWOT Reference: 61

Strong’s Definitions

אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

KJV Translation Count — Total: 952x

The KJV translates Strong's H259 in the following manner: one (687x), first (36x), another (35x), other (30x), any (18x), once (13x), eleven (with H6240) (13x), every (10x), certain (9x), an (7x), some (7x), miscellaneous (87x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 952x
The KJV translates Strong's H259 in the following manner: one (687x), first (36x), another (35x), other (30x), any (18x), once (13x), eleven (with H6240) (13x), every (10x), certain (9x), an (7x), some (7x), miscellaneous (87x).

  1. one (number)

    1. one (number)

    2. each, every

    3. a certain

    4. an (indefinite article)

    5. only, once, once for all

    6. one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one

    7. first

    8. eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
STRONGS H259: Abbreviations
אֶחָד 962 adjective number one (Phoenician אחד, Sabean id., compare DHMZMG 1876, 707, Arabic أَحَدً, Ethiopic አሐዱ፡ Aramaic חַד, dfo; on Assyrian edu, aḫadu, compare DlW No. 139) — absoluteא׳ Genesis 1:5 —אַחַ֫ד Genesis 21:15 +; so even before preposition 1 Samuel 9:3 and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absolute אַחַ֫ת Genesis 2:21 +; אֶחָ֑ת † Genesis 11:1 +; construct אַחַ֫ת Deuteronomy 13:13 +; plural masculine אֲחָדִים Genesis 11:1 + 4:t.; חַד Ezekiel 33:30 strike out Co compare Greek Version of the LXX; —
1. one Genesis 1:9; Genesis 27:38, 45; Exodus 12:49; Joshua 23:10; 1 Samuel 1:24; 2 Samuel 12:3 +, Zechariah 14:9; Malachi 2:10; Job 31:15 +, so also (emphatic) 2 Samuel 17:3 for MT אֲשֶׁר Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; one or two לֹא לְיוֺם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם Ezra 10:13; as substantive followed by מִן Genesis 2:21; Leviticus 4:2, 13; Isaiah 34:16 +; הָא׳ Genesis 19:9; Genesis 42:13, 32; 2 Kings 6:3, 5 +; one and the same Genesis 40:5; Job 31:15; plural דְּבָרִים אֲחָדִים Genesis 11:1 compare Ezekiel 37:17 (absolute), but see Co;＝few, a few יָמִים א׳ ‴ Genesis 27:44; Genesis 29:20; Daniel 11:20; כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד as one man, together Judges 20:8; 1 Samuel 11:7; also כְּאֶחָד late＝Aramaic כַּחֲדָא † Ezra 2:64 (= Nehemiah 7:66) Ezra 3:9; Ezra 6:20; Ecclesiastes 11:6; see especially Isaiah 65:25 (|| earlier יַחְדֶּו Isaiah 11:6, 7).
2.＝each, every Exodus 36:30; Numbers 7:3, 85; Numbers 28:21; 1 Kings 4:7; 2 Kings 15:20 +; also repeated, distributive sense Numbers 7:11; Numbers 13:2; Numbers 17:21; Joshua 3:12; Joshua 4:2, 4.
3.＝a certain 1 Samuel 1:1; 2 Samuel 18:10; 2 Kings 4:1; Esther 3:8 — 2 Samuel 17:9 see Dr 1 Samuel 1:1; hence
4.＝indefinite article 1 Samuel 6:7; 1 Samuel 24:15; 1 Samuel 26:20 (but strike out Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) 1 Kings 19:4, 5 +.
5. only 1 Kings 4:19; & (feminine) once 2 Kings 6:10; Psalm 62:12; Psalm 89:36 (once for all); אַחַת לְשָׁלוֺשׁ שָׁנִים 2 Chronicles 9:21, בַּשָּׁנָה א׳ Leviticus 16:34 compare Job 40:5, אֶחָ֑ת אֶחָ֑ת Joshua 6:3, 11 compare Joshua 6:14, בְּאַחַת Numbers 10:4; Job 33:14; at once בְּאֶחָ֑ת Proverbs 28:18 compare וְאִנָּקְמֶה נְקַם־אַחַת Judges 16:28. **Num 10:4 בְּאַחַת is rather 'in one (of the trumpets)'; Job 33:14 it＝in one way; Proverbs 28:18 read probably with Syriac Version Lag Dy Bi בַּשָּׁ֑חַת; Judges 16:28 is rather 'vengeance for one of my two eyes' (see GFM). Jeremiah 10:8 בְּאַחַת probably＝in one, altogether. אחד.
6. one... another, the one... the other א׳⬩⬩⬩א׳ Exodus 17:12; Exodus 18:3, 4; Amos 4:7; 2 Samuel 12:1; Jeremiah 24:2; 2 Chronicles 3:17; Nehemiah 4:11 +; 2 Samuel 14:6 read הָאֶחָד אֶת־אָחִיו for האחד את־האחד Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; one after another, one by one, לְאַחַד אֶחָד Isaiah 27:12 compare Ecclesiastes 7:27.
7. as ordinal, first (mostly P & late) Genesis 1:5 (P) Genesis 2:11 (J) Exodus 39:10 (P); absolute Job 42:14, Ezekiel 10:14 especially of first day of month Exodus 40:2 (P) Ezra 3:6; Ezra 10:16, 17; Nehemiah 8:2; Haggai 1:1; first year, שְׁנַת אַחַת 2 Chronicles 36:22; Ezra 1:1; Daniel 1:21; Daniel 9:1, 2; Daniel 11:1 compare first (day, יוֺם omitted) Genesis 8:5, 13 בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ; so Exodus 40:17; Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 1:18; Numbers 29:1; Numbers 33:38 (all P) Deuteronomy 1:3; 2 Chronicles 29:17; Ezra 7:9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 26:1; Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1; Ezekiel 45:18.
8. in combination,
a. אַחַד עָשָׂר eleven (compare עָשָׂר, עַשְׁתֵּי) Genesis 32:23; Genesis 37:9 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:2; so אַחַת־עֶשְׂרֵה Joshua 15:51 (P) 2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 24:18; 2 Chronicles 36:5, 11; Jeremiah 52:1 (precedes noun, except Joshua 15:51; as ordinal, eleventh אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 31:1 compare 1 Kings 6:38; 2 Kings 9:29;
b. with other numerals, as cardinal אֶחָד וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת Numbers 1:41; compare Numbers 2:16, 28; Numbers 31:34, 39 (all P; א׳ precedes other numeral); but אַרְבָּיִם וְאַחַת שָׁנָה (א׳ following) 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 12:13 compare 2 Kings 22:1 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Kings 24:18＝Jeremiah 52:1 2 Chronicles 36:11; Joshua 12:24 (D) Isaiah 30:17; Ezra 2:26＝Nehemiah 7:30 compare Nehemiah 7:37; Daniel 10:13; as ordinal בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 8:13 (P) Exodus 12:18 (P), 1 Chronicles 24:17; 1 Chronicles 25:28; 2 Chronicles 16:13 (א׳ preceding); but 1 Kings 16:23; Haggai 2:1 (א׳ following).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:5; 1:5; 1:9; 2:11; 2:21; 2:21; 8:5; 8:13; 8:13; 11:1; 11:1; 11:1; 19:9; 21:15; 27:38; 27:44; 27:45; 29:20; 32:23; 37:9; 40:5; 42:13; 42:32

Exodus

12:18; 12:49; 17:12; 18:3; 18:4; 36:30; 39:10; 40:2; 40:17

Leviticus

4:2; 4:13; 16:34; 23:24

Numbers

1:18; 1:41; 2:16; 2:28; 7:3; 7:11; 7:85; 10:4; 10:4; 13:2; 28:21; 29:1; 31:34; 31:39; 33:38

Deuteronomy

1:2; 1:3; 13:13

Joshua

3:12; 4:2; 4:4; 6:3; 6:11; 6:14; 12:24; 15:51; 15:51; 23:10

Judges

16:28; 16:28; 20:8

1 Samuel

1:1; 1:1; 1:24; 6:7; 9:3; 11:7; 24:15; 26:20

2 Samuel

12:1; 12:3; 14:6; 17:3; 17:9; 18:10

1 Kings

4:7; 4:19; 6:38; 14:21; 15:10; 16:23; 19:4; 19:5

2 Kings

4:1; 6:3; 6:5; 6:10; 9:29; 14:23; 15:20; 22:1; 23:36; 24:18; 24:18

1 Chronicles

24:17; 25:28

2 Chronicles

3:17; 9:21; 12:13; 16:13; 29:17; 34:1; 36:5; 36:11; 36:11; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 2:26; 2:64; 3:6; 3:9; 6:20; 7:9; 10:13; 10:16; 10:17

Nehemiah

4:11; 7:30; 7:37; 7:66; 8:2

Esther

3:8

Job

31:15; 31:15; 33:14; 33:14; 40:5; 42:14

Psalms

62:12; 89:36

Proverbs

28:18; 28:18

Ecclesiastes

7:27; 11:6

Isaiah

11:6; 11:7; 27:12; 30:17; 34:16; 65:25

Jeremiah

10:8; 24:2; 52:1; 52:1

Ezekiel

10:14; 26:1; 29:17; 30:20; 31:1; 31:1; 32:1; 33:30; 37:17; 45:18

Daniel

1:21; 9:1; 9:2; 10:13; 11:1; 11:20

Amos

4:7

Haggai

1:1; 2:1

Zechariah

14:9

Malachi

2:10

H259

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Strong's Number H259 matches the Hebrew אֶחָד ('eḥāḏ),
which occurs 976 times in 739 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 12 / 15 (Neh 5:18–Ecc 11:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one H259 ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 - The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one. H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37 - The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:66

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66 - The whole congregation together H259 was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:1 - And all the people gathered themselves together as one H259 man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2 - And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first H259 day of the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:1 - And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one H259 of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain H259 people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one H259 day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one H259 law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - And Harbonah, one H259 of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - Upon one H259 day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one H259 of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 - If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one H259 of a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:22 - This is one H259 thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:4 - Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:13 - But he is in one H259 mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15 - Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one H259 fashion us in the womb?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:14 - For God speaketh once, H259 yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:23 - If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one H259 among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:5 - Once H259 have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:16 - One H259 is so near to another, H259 that no air can come between them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a H259 piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:14 - And he called the name of the first, H259 Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 - They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - One H259 thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:20 - He keepeth all his bones: not one H259 of them is broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:3 - Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:11 - God hath spoken once; H259 twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:7 - But ye shall die like men, and fall like one H259 of the princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:35 - Once H259 have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11 - And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one H259 of them left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:16 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none H259 of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:14 - Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one H259 purse:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:18 - Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one H259 event happeneth to them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing H259 befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one H259 breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - All go unto one H259 place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one H259 alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two are better than one; H259 because they have a good reward for their labour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - For if they fall, the one H259 will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone H259 when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one H259 be warm alone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if one H259 prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:6 - Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one H259 place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:27 - Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one H259 by one, H259 to find out the account:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:28 - Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one H259 man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - All things come alike to all: there is one H259 event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one H259 event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:18 - Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one H259 sinner destroyeth much good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike H259 good.

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