Yâchîyd — H3173

Definition

adjective

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

1. adj
2. only, only one, solitary, one
1. only, unique, one
2. solitary
3. (TWOT) only begotten son
3. subst
4. one

Usually translated as

only, darling, desolate, solitary

Origin

from H3161

• Derived from Yâchad (H3161)

Greek equivalents

• agapáō (G25)
• agapētós (G27)
• monogenḗs (G3439)

Occurrences

Yâchîyd occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Judges (1), Psalms (4), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (1), Amos (1), Zechariah (1)

• Genesis 22:2 — And he said, Take now thy son, thine only (יְחִֽידְךָ֤) son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
• Genesis 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only (יְחִידְךָ֖) son from me.
• Genesis 22:16 — And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only (יְחִידֶֽךָ) son:
• Judges 11:34 — And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child (יְחִידָ֔ה); beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
• Psalms 22:20 — Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling (יְחִידָתִֽי) from the power of the dog.
• Psalms 25:16 — Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate (יָחִ֖יד) and afflicted.
• Psalms 35:17 — Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling (יְחִידָתִֽי) from the lions.
• Psalms 68:6 — God setteth the solitary (יְחִידִ֨ים) in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
• Proverbs 4:3 — For I was my father’s son, tender and only (וְ֝יָחִ֗יד) beloved in the sight of my mother.
• Jeremiah 6:26 — O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son (יָחִיד֙), most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
• Amos 8:10 — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only (יָחִ֔יד) son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
• Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only (הַיָּחִ֔יד) son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.