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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, , -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 23 times in 20 verses in 'Num' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:4 - “With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father’s household.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 -

“Then the tent of meeting shall set out with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their standards.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:34 - Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, every one by his family according to his father’s household.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - “But do this to them that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons shall go in and set each of them to his service and to his load;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:10 - ‘So every man’s holy gifts shall be his; whatever any man gives to the priest, it becomes his.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - And they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, and they brought them near before the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Accept these things from them, that they may be [fn]used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 -

Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each man at the doorway of his tent; and the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly, and it was evil in the sight of Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:17 - “And each of you take his firepan and put incense on [fn]it, and each of you bring his censer near before Yahweh, 250 firepans; also you and Aaron shall each bring his firepan.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18 - So they each took his own censer and put fire on [fn]it, and laid incense on [fn]it; and they stood at the doorway of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, and get from them a rod for each father’s household: twelve rods from all their leaders according to their fathers’ households. You shall write each name on his rod,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:9 - Moses then brought out all the rods from the presence of Yahweh to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:5 - So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you kill his men who have joined themselves to [fn]Baal of Peor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:54 - “To the larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to the smaller group you shall diminish their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance according to those who were numbered of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:53 - The men of war had taken plunder, every man for himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:18 - “We will not return to our homes until every one of the sons of Israel has possessed his inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - “Now as for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger, and you shall take less from the smaller; each shall give some of his cities to the Levites in proportion to his possession which he inherits.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:7 - “Thus no inheritance of the sons of Israel shall [fn]be transferred from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall each [fn]hold to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - “And every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:9 - “Thus no inheritance shall [fn]be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each [fn]hold to his own inheritance.”
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