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Lexicon :: Strong's G1538 - hekastos

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ἕκαστος
Transliteration
hekastos (Key)
Pronunciation
hek'-as-tos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
As if a superlative of hekas (afar)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἕκαστος hékastos, hek'-as-tos; as if a superlative of ἕκας hékas (afar); each or every:—any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 83x

The KJV translates Strong's G1538 in the following manner: every man (39x), every one (20x), every (17x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 83x
The KJV translates Strong's G1538 in the following manner: every man (39x), every one (20x), every (17x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. each, every

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἕκαστος hékastos, hek'-as-tos; as if a superlative of ἕκας hékas (afar); each or every:—any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly.
STRONGS G1538:
ἕκαστος, -η, -ον, Sept. for אִישׁ, [from Homer down], each, every;
a. joined to a substantive: ἕκαστον δένδρον, Luke 6:44; ἑκάστῳ στρατιώτῃ, John 19:23; κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον, every month, Revelation 22:2 [not Rec.]; καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, Hebrews 3:13; cf. Winers Grammar, 111 (106); Buttmann, § 127, 30. preceded by εἷς, Latin unusquisque, every one: with a substantive, Ephesians 4:16; Revelation 22:2 Rec.
b. used substantively: John 7:53 [Rec.]; Acts 4:35; Romans 2:6; Galatians 6:4, etc.; once plural ἕκαστοι: Revelation 6:11 Rec. With a partitive genitive added: ἡμῶν, Romans 14:12; ὑμῶν, Luke 13:15; 1 Corinthians 1:12; Hebrews 6:11; αὐτῶν, John 6:7 [R G]; τῶν σπερμάτων, 1 Corinthians 15:38. εἷς ἕκαστος, every one (see εἷς, 4 b.): without a partitive genitive, Acts 20:31; Colossians 4:6; with a partitive genitive, Luke 4:40; Acts 2:3; Acts 17:27; 1 Corinthians 12:18, etc. ἕκαστος, when it denotes individually, every one of many, is often added appositively to nouns and pronouns and verbs in the plural number, (Matthiae, ii., p. 764f; [Winers Grammar, 516 (481); Buttmann, 131 (114)]): ἡμεῖς ἀκούομεν ἕκαστος, Acts 2:8; σκορπισθῆτε ἕκαστος, John 16:32; ἐπορεύοντο πάντες..., ἕκαστος..., Luke 2:3; add, Acts 3:26; 1 Peter 4:10; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 20:13; likewise εἷς ἕκαστος, Acts 2:6; Acts 21:26; ὑμεῖς οἱ καθ’ ἕνα ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἀγαπάτω, you one by one, each one of you severally, Ephesians 5:33. In imitation of the Hebrew, ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ (לְאָחִיו אִישׁ, Genesis 26:31), Matthew 18:35; μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ (אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ אִישׁ, Judges 6:29, etc.), Ephesians 4:25, cf. Hebrews 8:11 Rec.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
26:31
Judges
6:29
Matthew
18:35
Luke
2:3; 4:40; 6:44; 13:15
John
6:7; 7:53; 16:32; 19:23
Acts
2:3; 2:6; 2:8; 3:26; 4:35; 17:27; 20:31; 21:26
Romans
2:6; 14:12
1 Corinthians
1:12; 12:18; 15:38
Galatians
6:4
Ephesians
4:16; 4:25; 5:33
Colossians
4:6
Hebrews
3:13; 6:11; 8:11
1 Peter
4:10
Revelation
5:8; 6:11; 20:13; 22:2; 22:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1538 matches the Greek ἕκαστος (hekastos),
which occurs 262 times in 235 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 5 (1Sa 30:6–Psa 145:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul,[fn] each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22 - Then all the wicked and worthless fellows among the men who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except that each man may lead away his wife and children, and depart.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:3 - And David brought up his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16 - And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim,[fn] which is at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would not have given up the pursuit of their brothers until the morning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat,[fn] and a cake of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed, each to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 - And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, each one in his month. They let nothing be lacking.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:36 - And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 - “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38 - whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:66

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:66 - On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:25 - Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh,[fn] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:24 - ‘Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives the people of Israel. Every man return to his home, for this thing is from me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and went home again, according to the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20 - And each struck down his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them, but Ben-hadad king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:24 - And do this: remove the kings, each from his post, and put commanders in their places,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:17 - And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:36 - And about sunset a cry went through the army, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:13 - Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare[fn] steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, “Jehu is king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:6 - But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded, “Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. But each one shall die for his own sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:33 - Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:43 - Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:16 - the weight of gold for each table for the showbread, the silver for the silver tables,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:17 - and pure gold for the forks, the basins and the cups; for the golden bowls and the weight of each; for the silver bowls and the weight of each;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; 300 shekels of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:24 - Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and of gold, garments, myrrh,[fn] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - ‘Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives. Return every man to his home, for this thing is from me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and returned and did not go against Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes. And they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:16 - And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:8 - The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men, who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:10 - And he set all the people as a guard for the king, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:4 - But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, “Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:22 - And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the LORD and to give thanks and praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:11 - And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:12 - And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:11 - For according to the work of a man he will repay him,
and according to his ways he will make it befall him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil[fn] that the LORD had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money[fn] and a ring of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:11 - God is a righteous judge,
and a God who feels indignation every day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3 - My tears have been my food
day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 - and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love.
For you will render to a man
according to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:2 - Every day I will bless you
and praise your name forever and ever.

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