One
אֶחָדStrong’s H0259echad (e-chad)
Appears in 740 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Echad is the Hebrew word usually translated “one”, “on one” and “one of”. It appears in 740 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.”
Meaning
- One (number)each, every · a certain · an (indefinite article) · only, once, once for all · one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one · first · eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)
How it's translated
- one 768
- the one 43
- and one 40
- on one 20
- one of 17
- to one 17
- in one of 13
- like one of 8
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 122
- Ezekiel 74
- Exodus 69
- 1 Kings 51
- Genesis 43
- Leviticus 37
34 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 8:3In contextThen I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
- Daniel 8:9In contextAnd out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
- Daniel 8:13In contextThen I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
- Daniel 9:1In contextIn the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
- Daniel 9:2In contextIn the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
- Daniel 9:27In contextAnd he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
All 740 verses, by book
- Genesis 43
- 1:51:92:112:212:243:224:198:58:1310:2511:111:619:921:1522:226:1027:3827:4427:4529:2032:832:2233:1334:1634:2237:937:2040:541:541:1141:2241:2541:2642:1142:1342:1642:1942:2742:3242:3344:2848:2249:16
- Exodus 69
- 1:158:319:69:710:1911:112:1812:4612:4914:2816:2216:3317:1218:318:423:2924:325:1225:1925:3225:3325:3626:226:426:526:626:826:1026:1126:1626:1726:1926:2126:2426:2526:2627:928:1028:1729:129:329:1529:2329:3929:4030:1033:536:936:1036:1136:1236:1336:1536:1836:2136:2236:2436:2636:2936:3036:3137:337:837:1837:1937:2239:1040:240:17
- Leviticus 37
- 4:24:134:224:275:45:55:75:135:176:36:77:77:148:2612:813:214:514:1014:1214:2114:2214:3014:3114:5015:1515:3016:516:816:3422:2823:1823:1923:2424:524:2225:4826:26
- Numbers 122
- 1:11:181:411:442:162:286:116:146:197:37:117:137:147:157:167:197:207:217:227:257:267:277:287:317:327:337:347:377:387:397:407:437:447:457:467:497:507:517:527:557:567:577:587:617:627:637:647:677:687:697:707:737:747:757:767:797:807:817:827:858:129:1410:411:1911:2613:213:2314:1515:515:1115:1215:1515:1615:2415:2715:2916:1516:2217:317:628:428:728:1128:1228:1328:1528:1928:2128:2228:2728:2828:2928:3029:129:229:429:529:829:929:1029:1129:1429:1529:1629:1929:2229:2529:2829:3129:3429:3629:3831:2831:3031:3431:3931:4733:3834:1835:3036:336:8
- Deuteronomy 24
- 1:21:31:234:426:412:1413:1215:716:517:217:618:619:519:1119:1521:1523:1624:525:525:1128:728:2528:5532:30
- Joshua 37
- 3:123:133:164:24:44:56:36:116:147:219:210:210:4212:912:1012:1112:1212:1312:1412:1512:1612:1712:1812:1912:2012:2112:2212:2312:2415:5117:1417:1720:422:1422:2023:1023:14
- Judges 26
- 4:166:168:189:29:59:189:379:5313:215:416:716:1116:1316:2816:2917:517:1118:1919:1320:120:820:1120:3121:321:621:8
- 1 Samuel 33
- 1:11:21:51:242:342:366:46:76:126:177:97:129:39:1510:311:713:1713:1814:414:514:4016:1816:2017:3622:2024:1425:1426:826:1526:2026:2227:127:5
- 2 Samuel 27
- 1:152:12:182:212:253:134:26:196:207:77:239:1112:112:313:1313:3014:614:2715:217:917:1217:2218:1018:1119:1423:824:12
- 1 Kings 51
- 2:162:203:173:254:74:194:226:246:256:266:276:346:387:157:167:177:187:277:307:327:347:377:387:427:448:5610:1410:1610:1710:2211:1311:3211:3612:2912:3013:1114:2115:1016:2318:618:2318:2519:219:419:520:1320:2920:3522:822:922:13
- 2 Kings 29
- 2:163:114:14:224:354:396:26:36:56:106:127:87:138:68:269:19:2912:914:2315:2017:2717:2818:2422:123:3624:1825:1625:1725:19
- 2 Chronicles 25
- 3:113:123:174:134:155:139:139:159:169:2112:1316:1318:718:818:1222:224:828:629:1730:1232:1234:136:536:1136:22
- Ezekiel 74
- 1:61:151:164:97:58:78:89:210:910:1010:1410:2111:1916:517:718:1019:319:521:1923:223:1326:129:1730:2031:132:133:233:2433:3034:2337:1637:1737:1937:2237:2440:540:640:740:840:1040:1240:2640:4240:4340:4440:4941:1141:2442:443:1343:1445:745:1145:1545:1846:1746:2248:148:248:348:448:548:648:748:848:2348:2448:2548:2648:2748:3148:3248:3348:34
- Hosea 1
- 1:11
- Obadiah 1
- 1:11
- Jonah 1
- 3:4
- Zephaniah 1
- 3:9
Hebrew dictionary
אֶחָד echad · one
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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “one” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ONE, adjective
wun. [Latin unus; Gr.]
- Single in number; individual; as one man; one book.
- Indefinitely, some or any.
- It follows any.“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom” Matthew 13:19
- Different; diverse; opposed to another.
All definitions
- It is used with another, to denote mutuality or reciprocation.
- It is used with another, to denote average or mean proportion.
- one of two; opposed to other.“Ask from one side of heaven to the other” Deuteronomy 4:32
- Single by union; undivided; the same.
- Single in kind; the same.“ONE plague was on you all and on your lords” 1 Samuel 6:4
- one day, on a certain or particular day, referring to time past.
- Referring to future time; at a future time, indefinitely. [See one No. 2.]“Ye are all one in Christ Jesus” Galatians 3:28
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.