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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 1:5אַחַ֫ד Genesis 21:15 +; so even before preposition 1 Samuel 9:3 and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absolute אַחַ֫ת Genesis 2:21 +; אֶחָ֑תGenesis 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 כַּחֲדָאEzra 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.
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 24:18Jeremiah 52:1 2 Chronicles 36:11; Joshua 12:24 (D) Isaiah 30:17; Ezra 2:26Nehemiah 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for each day was one H259 ox and six choice sheep; also birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all sorts of wine were provided in abundance. Yet for all this I did not request the governor’s food allowance, because the forced labor was heavy on this people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 - the men of Ramah and Geba, 621 H259;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:37 - the sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721 H259;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66 -

The whole assembly together H259 totaled 42,360,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:1 -

And all the people gathered as one H259 person at the public square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they [fn]asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses which the LORD had [fn]given to Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2 - Then Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding, on the first H259 day of the seventh month.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:1 -

Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one H259 out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain H259 people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not [fn]comply with the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to annihilate, kill, and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one H259 day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that for any man or woman who comes to the king in the inner courtyard, who is not summoned, he has only one H259 law, that he be put to death, unless the king holds out to him the golden scepter so that he may live. And I have not been summoned to come to the king for these thirty days.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbonah, one H259 of the eunuchs who stood before the king, said, “Indeed, behold, the wooden gallows standing at Haman’s house [fn]fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good in behalf of the king!” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - on one H259 day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar).
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said to her, “You are speaking as one H259 of the foolish women speaks. Shall we actually accept good from God but not accept adversity?” Despite all this, Job did not sin with his lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:3 -

“If one wished to dispute with Him,

He could not answer Him once H259 in a thousand times.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:22 -

“It is all one H259; therefore I say,

‘He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:4 -

“Who can make the clean out of the unclean?

No one H259!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:13 -

“But He is unique H259, and who can [fn]make Him turn?

Whatever His soul desires, He does it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:15 -

“Did He who made me in the womb not make him,

And the same H259 One H259 create us in the womb?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:14 -

“Indeed God speaks once H259,

Or twice, yet no one notices it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:23 -

“If there is an interceding angel for him,

One H259 out of a thousand,

To remind a person of what is [fn]right for him,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:5 -

“I have spoken once H259, and I will not reply;

Or twice, and I will add nothing more.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:16 -

“One H259 is so close to another H259

That no air can come between them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they sympathized with him and comforted him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him a [fn]piece of money, and each a ring of gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:14 - He named the first H259 Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 -

They have all turned aside, together they are corrupt;

There is no one who does good, not even one H259.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 -

One H259 thing H259 I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,

To behold the [fn]beauty of the LORD

And to [fn]meditate in His temple.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:20 -

He protects all his bones,

Not one H259 of them is broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:3 -

Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt;

There is no one who does good, not even one H259.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:11 -

God has spoken [fn]once H259;

[fn]Twice I have heard this:

That power belongs to God;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:7 -

“Nevertheless you will die like men,

And fall like one H259 of the princes.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:35 -

[fn]Once H259 I have sworn by My holiness;

I will not lie to David.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:11 -

The waters covered their adversaries;

Not one H259 of them was left.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:16 -

Your eyes have seen my formless substance;

And in Your book were written

All the days that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was not one H259 of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:14 -

Throw in your lot [fn]with us;

We will all have one H259 money bag,”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:18 -

One who walks blamelessly will receive help,

But one who is [fn]crooked will fall all H259 at once H259.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - The wise person’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one H259 and the same fate happens to [fn]both of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For the fate of the sons of mankind and the fate of animals [fn]is the same H259. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same H259 breath, and there is no advantage for mankind over animals, for all is futility.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - All go to the same H259 place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There was a man H259 without a [fn]dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, “And for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is futility, and it is an unhappy task.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 -

Two are better than one H259 because they have a good return for their labor;

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - for if [fn]either of them falls, the one H259 will lift up his companion. But woe to the one H259 who falls when there is not [fn]another to lift him up!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Furthermore, if two lie down together they [fn]keep warm, but how can one H259 be warm alone?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:12 - And if [fn]one can overpower him who is alone H259, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:6 - “Even if the man lives a thousand years twice, but does not see good things—do not all go to one H259 and the same place?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:27 -

“Behold, I have discovered this,” says the Preacher, “by adding one H259 thing H259 to another H259 to find an explanation,

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:28 - which [fn]I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one H259 man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 -

It is the same for all. There is one H259 fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and the unclean; for the person who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good person is, so is the sinner; the one who swears an oath is just as the one who [fn]is afraid to swear an oath.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun, that there is one H259 fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of mankind are full of evil, and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterward they go to the dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:18 - Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one H259 sinner destroys much good.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 -

Sow your seed in the morning and do not [fn]be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether [fn]one or the other will succeed, or whether both of them alike H259 will be good.


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