ʼechâd — H259

H259 · Hebrew — אחד

Pronunciation: ekh-awd'

Definition

adjective

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

  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)

Usually translated as

one, a, first, other, once, a certain, any, eleven, a man, together, alone, each, few, apiece, every, only, alike, altogether, daily, and, anything, highway, some

Origin

a numeral from H258

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼechâd occurs 967 times in 738 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (43), Exodus (69), Leviticus (37), Numbers (122), Deuteronomy (24), Joshua (37), Judges (25), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (33), 2 Samuel (27), 1 Kings (51), 2 Kings (29), 1 Chronicles (13), 2 Chronicles (25), Ezra (11), Nehemiah (10), Esther (5), Job (12), Psalms (9), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (16), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (17), Jeremiah (10), Ezekiel (73), Daniel (14), Hosea (1), Amos (3), Obadiah (1), Jonah (1), Zephaniah (1), Haggai (3), Zechariah (8), Malachi (2)

Strong's Lexicon — E