Only
יָחִידStrong’s H3173yachid (ya-chid)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yachid is the Hebrew word usually translated “only your”, “only” and “only my”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”
Meaning
- Only, only one, solitary, oneonly, unique, one · solitary · (TWOT) only begotten son
- One
How it's translated
- only your 3
- an only 3
- only my 2
- solitary 2
- and only 1
- only 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Genesis 3
- Judges 1
- Proverbs 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Amos 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 22:2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only 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 22:12And 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 son from me.
- Genesis 22:16And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
- Judges 11:34And 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; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
- Psalms 25:16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Hebrew dictionary
יָחִיד yachid · only
adj 1) only, only one, solitary, one 1a) only, unique, one 1b) solitary 1c)(TWOT) only begotten son subst 2) one
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “only” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ONLY, adjective
- Single; one along; as, John was the only man present.
- This and no other.
- This above all others.
All definitions and other forms of “only”
ONLY, adverb
- Singly; merely; barely; in one manner or for one purpose along.
- This and no other wise.“Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” Genesis 6:5
- Singly; without more; as only-begotten.
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.