HebrewH3173Adjective

יָחִיד

ya.chid

10Occurrences
H3173Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced)

from H3161 (יָחַד);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
adj 1) only, only one, solitary, one 1a) only, unique, one 1b) solitary 1c)(TWOT) only begotten son subst 2) one

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

יָחִיד appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
3
Psalms
2
Amos
1
Judges
1
Jeremiah
1
Proverbs
1
Zechariah
1

Key Passages

Amos 8:10BSB

I will turn your feasts into mourningand all your songs into lamentation.I will cause everyone to wear sackclothand every head to be shaved.I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,and its outcome like a bitter day.

Genesis 22:12BSB

“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

Judges 11:34BSB

And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.

Proverbs 4:3BSB

When I was a son to my father,tender and the only child of my mother,

Psalms 35:17BSB

How long, O Lord, will You look on?Rescue my soul from their ravages,my precious life from these lions.

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