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Lexicon :: Strong's H3173 - yāḥîḏ

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יָחִיד
Transliteration
yāḥîḏ
Pronunciation
yaw-kheed'
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Part of Speech
adjective, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 858a

Strong’s Definitions

יָחִיד yâchîyd, yaw-kheed'; from H3161; properly, united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced):—darling, desolate, only (child, son), solitary.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H3173 in the following manner: only (6x), darling (2x), only child (1x), only son (1x), desolate (1x), solitary (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H3173 in the following manner: only (6x), darling (2x), only child (1x), only son (1x), desolate (1x), solitary (1x).
adjective
  1. only, only one, solitary, one

    1. only, unique, one

    2. solitary

    3. (TWOT) only begotten son

      substantive
  2. one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָחִיד yâchîyd, yaw-kheed'; from H3161; properly, united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced):—darling, desolate, only (child, son), solitary.
STRONGS H3173: Abbreviations
יָחִיד adjective and substantive only, only one, solitary (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יָחִיד, יְחִידַי, bdb040207, bdb040208, id.; Arabic bdb040209 solitary) —
1. only one, especially of an only son, Genesis 22:2, 12, 16 את בנך את יְחִידְךָ thy son, thine only one, אֵבֶל יָחִיד Amos 8:10; Jeremiah 6:26 mourning for an only son, כמספד על היחיד Zechariah 12:10; Proverbs 4:3 רַךְ וְיָחִיד לפני אמי; so feminine יְחִידָה Judges 11:34.
2. feminine יְחִידָה as substantive Psalm 22:21; Psalm 35:17 יְחִידָתִי my only one, poetic for my life, as the one unique and priceless possession which can never be replaced (in each || נַפְשִׁי).
3. solitary, Psalm 25:16 כי יחיד ועני אני; Psalm 68:7 מוֺשִׁיב יְחִידִים בַּיְתָה causing solitary, isolated ones (i.e. friendless wanderers or exiles; || אֲסִירִים) to dwell at home (Lag Ch and others מֵשִׁיב bringing back home).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:2; 22:12; 22:16

Judges

11:34

Psalms

22:21; 25:16; 35:17; 68:7

Proverbs

4:3

Jeremiah

6:26

Amos

8:10

Zechariah

12:10

H3173

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3173 matches the Hebrew יָחִיד (yāḥîḏ),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - God said, “Take now your son, your only son [of [fn]promise], whom you love, Isaac, and go to the region of [fn]Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - The LORD said, “Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise].”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - and said, “By Myself (on the basis of Who I Am) I have sworn [an oath], declares the LORD, that since you have done this thing and have not withheld [from Me] your son, your only son [of promise],
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 -

Then Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, and this is what he saw: his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. And she was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 -

Rescue my life from the sword,

My only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16 -

Turn to me [LORD] and be gracious to me,

For I am alone and afflicted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 -

LORD, how long will You look on [without action]?

Rescue my life from their destructions,

My only life from the young lions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:6 -

God makes a home for the lonely;

He leads the prisoners into prosperity,

Only the stubborn and rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:3 -

When I was a son with my father (David),

Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother (Bathsheba),

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 -

O daughter of my people [says Jeremiah],

Clothe yourself in sackcloth and wallow in ashes;

Mourn [aloud] as for an only son,

A most bitter cry [of sorrow and regret],

For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us [on both prophet and people].

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 -

“And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning

And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung);

And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s [fn]loins

And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning].

And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died],

And the end of it shall be like a bitter day.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 -

“I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace (unmerited favor) and supplication. And they will look at Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him as one who weeps bitterly over a firstborn.

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