HebrewH0259Adjective

אֶחָד

e.chad

716Occurrences
H0259Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

a numeral from H258 (אָחַד);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. one (number) 1a) one (number) 1b) each, every 1c) a certain 1d) an (indefinite article) 1e) only, once, once for all 1f) one. .another, the one. .the other, one after another, one by one 1g) first 1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

אֶחָד appears 716 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
120
Ezk
73
Exodus
68
1 Kings
50
Genesis
41
Joshua
37
Leviticus
35
1 Samuel
32

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:19BSB

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

2 Kings 8:26BSB

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

Exodus 36:26BSB

and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

Isaiah 19:18BSB

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

Nehemiah 7:66BSB

The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.