One
חַדStrong’s H2298chad
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chad is the Aramaic word usually translated “one” and “as one”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.”
Meaning
- One (number)one · a (indefinite article)
How it's translated
- one 13
- as one 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 10
- Ezra 4
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:31In contextThou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
- Daniel 2:35In contextThen was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
- Daniel 3:19In contextThen was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
- Daniel 4:19In contextThen Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
- Daniel 6:2In contextAnd over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
- Daniel 6:17In contextAnd a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
Aramaic dictionary
חַד chad · one
1) one (number) 1a) one 1b) a (indefinite article)
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.