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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 7 / 15 (Jos 4:5–Jdg 19:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - and Joshua said to them, “[fn]Cross again to the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:3 - “You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. H259 You shall do so for six days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So he had the ark of the LORD [fn]taken around the city, circling it once; H259 then they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:14 - Thus the second day they marched around the city once H259 and returned to the camp; they did so for six days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent with the silver underneath it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:2 - that they gathered themselves together with [fn]one H259 accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - that [fn]he feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one H259 of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - Joshua captured all these kings and their lands at one H259 time, because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - the king of Jericho, one; H259 the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:10 - the king of Jerusalem, one; H259 the king of Hebron, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:11 - the king of Jarmuth, one; H259 the king of Lachish, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:12 - the king of Eglon, one; H259 the king of Gezer, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:13 - the king of Debir, one; H259 the king of Geder, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:14 - the king of Hormah, one; H259 the king of Arad, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:15 - the king of Libnah, one; H259 the king of Adullam, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:16 - the king of Makkedah, one; H259 the king of Bethel, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:17 - the king of Tappuah, one; H259 the king of Hepher, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:18 - the king of Aphek, one; H259 the king of Lasharon, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:19 - the king of Madon, one; H259 the king of Hazor, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:20 - the king of Shimron-meron, one; H259 the king of Achshaph, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:21 - the king of Taanach, one; H259 the king of Megiddo, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:22 - the king of Kedesh, one; H259 the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:23 - the king of Dor in the [fn]heights of Dor, one; H259 the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one; H259

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:24 - the king of Tirzah, one: H259 in all, thirty-one H259 kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - and Goshen and Holon and Giloh; eleven H259 cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 - Then the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me only one H259 lot and one H259 portion for an inheritance, since I am a numerous people whom the LORD has thus far blessed?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:17 - Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one H259 lot only,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - ‘He shall flee to one H259 of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall [fn]take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may dwell among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14 - and with him ten chiefs, one H259 chief for each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father’s household among the [fn]thousands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - ‘Did not Achan the son of Zerah act unfaithfully in the things under the ban, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone H259 in his iniquity.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:10 - “One H259 of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the LORD your God is He who fights for you, just as He [fn]promised you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:14 - “Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one H259 word of all the good words which the LORD your God spoke concerning you has failed; all have [fn]been fulfilled for you, not [fn]one H259 of them has failed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16 - But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not even one H259 was left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:16 - But the LORD said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall [fn]defeat Midian as one H259 man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:18 - Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” And they said, “They were like you, each one H259 [fn]resembling the son of a king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one H259 man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - Then he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one H259 stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - but you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed his sons, seventy men, on one H259 stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your [fn]relative—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:37 - Gaal spoke again and said, “Behold, people are coming down from the [fn]highest part of the land, and one H259 [fn]company comes by the way of [fn]the diviners’ [fn]oak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:53 - But a certain H259 woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:2 - There was a certain H259 man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one H259 torch in the middle between two tails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any H259 other man.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - He said to her, “If they bind me tightly with new ropes [fn]which have not been used, then I will become weak and be like any H259 other man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - Then Samson called to the LORD and said, “O Lord [fn]GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once H259 be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one H259 with his right hand and the other H259 with his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:5 - And the man Micah had a [fn]shrine and he made an ephod and [fn]household idols and [fn]consecrated one H259 of his sons, that he might become his priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:11 - The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one H259 of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - They said to him, “Be silent, put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one H259 man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - He said to his servant, “Come and let us approach one H259 of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

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