Strong's Lexicon
echad: One, single, first, alone, unity
Original Word:אֶחָד
Part of Speech:Adjective
Transliteration:echad
Pronunciation:eh-khad'
Phonetic Spelling:(ekh-awd')
Definition:One, single, first, alone, unity
Meaning:united, one, first
Word Origin:Derived from a root word meaning "to unify" or "to collect."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -G1520 (heis): One, a primary numeral.
-G3391 (mia): One, first.
Usage:The Hebrew word "echad" primarily denotes the number one, indicating singularity or unity. It is used to express the concept of oneness, whether in numerical terms or in the sense of unity and harmony. In the context of time, it can mean "first" as in the first day of the month. It is also used to describe a collective unity, as seen in the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4), where it emphasizes the oneness of God.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Hebrew culture, numbers often carried symbolic meanings. The number one, represented by "echad," signifies not only singularity but also the idea of unity and primacy. This is particularly significant in the monotheistic context of ancient Israel, where the belief in one God set the Israelites apart from surrounding polytheistic cultures. The Shema, a central declaration of faith in Judaism, underscores this belief in the oneness of God, which is foundational to both Jewish and Christian theology.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origina prim. card. number
Definitionone
NASB Translation151,450* (1), 41,500* (2), 61* (1), 61,000* (1), 621* (2), 721* (1), alike (1), all at once (1), alone (2), altogether (1), another (23), another into one (1), any (15), any one (2), any* (1), anyone* (1), apiece (1), certain (11), certain man (1), each (48), each one (4), each other (1), each* (4), eleven* (9), eleventh* (4), every (1), everyone (1), few (3), first (38), forty-first* (1), forty-one* (4), numbered (1), once (14), once* (4), one (586), one and on another (1), one and the other (2), one at the other (1), one can him who (1), one the other (1), one to another (1), one will to another (1), one another (4), one thing (2), one thing to another (1), one-tenth (1), one-tenth for each (1), only (2), other (27), other was one (1), outermost* (1), same (25), same one (1), single (15), some (2), thirty-first* (1), thirty-one* (3), together (3), twenty-first* (4), twenty-one* (4), uniformly* (2), unique (4), unison (1), unit (4), united (1), whom (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
962 (Phoenician , Sabean
id., compare DHM
ZMG 1876, 707, Arabic

, Ethiopic

Aramaic ,

; on Assyrian
edu, a—adu, compare Dl
W No. 139) — absolute
Genesis 1:5 #NAME?
Genesis 21:15 +; so even before preposition
1 Samuel 9:3 and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absolute
Genesis 2:21 +;
Genesis 11:1 +; construct
Deuteronomy 13:13 +; plural masculine
Genesis 11:1 + 4:t.;
Ezekiel 33:30 strike out Co compare ; —
oneGenesis 1:9;Genesis 27:38,45;Exodus 12:49;Joshua 23:10;1 Samuel 1:24;2 Samuel 12:3 +,Zechariah 14:9;Malachi 2:10;Job 31:15 +, so also (emphatic)2 Samuel 17:3 for We Dr;one or twoEzra 10:13; as substantive followed byGenesis 2:21;Leviticus 4:2,13;Isaiah 34:16 +;Genesis 19:9;Genesis 42:13,32;2 Kings 6:3,5 +;one and the sameGenesis 40:5;Job 31:15; pluralGenesis 11:1 compareEzekiel 37:17 (absolute), but see Co; =few, a fewGenesis 27:44;Genesis 29:20;Daniel 11:20;as one man, togetherJudges 20:8;1 Samuel 11:7; also late = AramaicEzra 2:64 (=Nehemiah 7:66)Ezra 3:9;Ezra 6:20;Ecclesiastes 11:6; see especiallyIsaiah 65:25 ("" earlierIsaiah 11:6,7).
=each, everyExodus 36:30;Numbers 7:3,85;Numbers 28:21;1 Kings 4:7;2 Kings 15:20 +; also repeated, distributive senseNumbers 7:11;Numbers 13:2;Numbers 17:21;Joshua 3:12;Joshua 4:2,4.
=a certain1 Samuel 1:1;2 Samuel 18:10;2 Kings 4:1;Esther 3:8 #NAME?2 Samuel 17:9 see Dr1 Samuel 1:1; hence
= indefinite article1 Samuel 6:7;1 Samuel 24:15;1 Samuel 26:20 (but strike out We Dr)1 Kings 19:4,5 +.
only1 Kings 4:19; & (feminine)once2 Kings 6:10;Psalm 62:12;Psalm 89:36 (once for all); 2Chronicles 9:21,Leviticus 16:34 compareJob 40:5,Joshua 6:3,11 compareJoshua 6:14,Numbers 10:4;Job 33:14;at onceProverbs 28:18 compareJudges 16:28. Num 10:4 is rather 'in one (of the trumpets)';Job 33:14 it =in one way;Proverbs 28:18 read probably with Lag Dy Bi ;Judges 16:28 is rather 'vengeance forone of my two eyes' (see GFM).Jeremiah 10:8 probably =in one, altogether. .
one . . . another, the one . . . the otherExodus 17:12;Exodus 18:3,4;Amos 4:7;2 Samuel 12:1;Jeremiah 24:2; 2Chronicles 3:17;Nehemiah 4:11 +;2 Samuel 14:6 read for We Dr;one after another, one by one,Isaiah 27:12 compareEcclesiastes 7:27.
,first (mostly P & late)Genesis 1:5 (P)Genesis 2:11 (J)Exodus 39:10 (P); absoluteJob 42:14,Ezekiel 10:14 especially of first day of monthExodus 40:2 (P)Ezra 3:6;Ezra 10:16,17;Nehemiah 8:2;Haggai 1:1;first year, 2Chronicles 36:22;Ezra 1:1;Daniel 1:21;Daniel 9:1,2;Daniel 11:1 comparefirst (day, omitted)Genesis 8:5,13 ; soExodus 40:17;Leviticus 23:24;Numbers 1:18;Numbers 29:1;Numbers 33:38 (all P)Deuteronomy 1:3; 2Chronicles 29:17;Ezra 7:9 (twice in verse);Ezekiel 26:1;Ezekiel 29:17;Ezekiel 31:1;Ezekiel 32:1;Ezekiel 45:18.
.,
eleven (compare , )Genesis 32:23;Genesis 37:9 (JE)Deuteronomy 1:2; soJoshua 15:51 (P)2 Kings 23:36;2 Kings 24:18; 2Chronicles 36:5,11;Jeremiah 52:1 (precedes noun, exceptJoshua 15:51; as ordinal,eleventhEzekiel 30:20;Ezekiel 31:1 compare1 Kings 6:38;2 Kings 9:29;
Numbers 1:41; compareNumbers 2:16,28;Numbers 31:34,39 (all P; precedes other numeral); but ( following)1 Kings 14:21;1 Kings 15:10;2 Kings 14:23; 2Chronicles 12:13 compare2 Kings 22:1 2Chronicles 34:1;2 Kings 24:18 =Jeremiah 52:1 2Chronicles 36:11;Joshua 12:24 (D)Isaiah 30:17;Ezra 2:26 =Nehemiah 7:30 compareNehemiah 7:37;Daniel 10:13; as ordinalGenesis 8:13 (P)Exodus 12:18 (P),1 Chronicles 24:17;1 Chronicles 25:28; 2Chronicles 16:13 ( preceding); but1 Kings 16:23;Haggai 2:1 ( following).
(√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew .
; — masculine singularDaniel 2:31+; feminine singularEzra 4:8 +; —
one sideDaniel 7:5; noun omittedDaniel 6:3;Daniel 2:9 =one and invariable (inevitable);Daniel 2:35as one, altogether (so S-CK 3 , and late Biblical HebrewEzra 2:64 +); = ordinal,first yearEzra 7:1;Ezra 5:13;Ezra 6:3; =a certain one ()Daniel 7:16 (with partitive).
a (indefinite article) with substantiveDaniel 2:31;Daniel 6:18;Daniel 4:16 (see ),Ezra 4:8;Ezra 6:2,Daniel 3:19 =seven-fold (as Syriac: Nö§ 241 PS 1194; compareExodus 16:5 ), see K§ 66, 2.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
a, alike, alone, altogether, and, anything, apiece, a certain
A numeral from'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or (as an ordinal) first -- a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
see HEBREW'achad
Forms and Transliterations
אֲחָדִ֑ים אֲחָדִ֔ים אֲחָדִֽים׃ אֲחָדִים֙ אֶ֝חָ֗ד אֶֽחָ֖ד אֶֽחָד־ אֶחָ֑ד אֶחָ֑ת אֶחָ֔ד אֶחָ֔ת אֶחָ֕ד אֶחָ֖ד אֶחָ֗ד אֶחָ֛ד אֶחָ֜ד אֶחָ֞ד אֶחָ֡ד אֶחָ֣ד אֶחָ֣ד ׀ אֶחָ֤ד אֶחָ֥ד אֶחָ֧ד אֶחָ֨ד אֶחָֽ seg type='large'>ד׃ seg> אֶחָֽד׃ אֶחָֽת׃ אֶחָד֙ אֶחָד֩ אֶחָד֮ אַ֭חַת אַֽחַת־ אַחַ֔ת אַחַ֖ד אַחַ֖ת אַחַ֗ד אַחַ֗ת אַחַ֛ד אַחַ֛ת אַחַ֜ת אַחַ֣ד אַחַ֣ת אַחַ֣ת ׀ אַחַ֤ד אַחַ֤ת אַחַ֤ת ׀ אַחַ֥ד אַחַ֥ת אַחַ֧ת אַחַ֨ד אַחַ֨ת אַחַד֙ אַחַת֙ אַחַת֩ אחד אחד־ אחד׃ אחדים אחדים׃ אחת אחת־ אחת׃ בְ֭אֶחָד בְּאֶחָ֞ד בְּאֶחָ֣ד בְּאֶחָ֥ד בְּאֶחָֽת׃ בְּאֶחָד֙ בְּאֶחָד֩ בְּאַחַ֖ת בְּאַחַ֛ת בְּאַחַ֣ד בְּאַחַ֣ת בְּאַחַ֤ת בְּאַחַ֥ד בְּאַחַ֨ת בְּאַחַת֙ בְאַחַ֥ת בְּאַחַ֣ת בְּאַחַ֤ד באחד באחת באחת׃ הָֽאֶחָ֑ת הָֽאֶחָ֔ד הָֽאֶחָ֔ת הָֽאֶחָ֖ד הָֽאֶחָ֗ד הָֽאֶחָ֞ד הָֽאֶחָֽד׃ הָֽאֶחָד֙ הָֽאַחַ֔ת הָֽאַחַ֗ת הָֽאַחַת֙ הָאֶחָ֑ד הָאֶחָ֑ת הָאֶחָ֔ד הָאֶחָ֔ת הָאֶחָ֖ד הָאֶחָ֗ד הָאֶחָ֗ת הָאֶחָ֛ד הָאֶחָ֜ד הָאֶחָ֞ד הָאֶחָ֣ד הָאֶחָ֣ד ׀ הָאֶחָ֤ד הָאֶחָ֥ד הָאֶחָ֧ד הָאֶחָ֨ד הָאֶחָֽד׃ הָאֶחָֽת׃ הָאֶחָד֙ הָאֶחָד֮ הָאֶחָת֒ הָאַחַ֔ת הָאַחַ֖ת הָאַחַ֗ת הָאַחַ֣ת הָאַחַ֤ת הָאַחַ֨ת הָאַחַת֮ האחד האחד׃ האחת האחת׃ וְאֶחָ֖ד וְאֶחָ֣ד וְאֶחָ֥ד וְאֶחָ֨ד וְאֶחָֽד׃ וְאֶחָד֙ וְאַחַ֖ת וְאַחַ֛ת וְאַחַ֜ת וְאַחַ֣ת וְאַחַ֤ד וְאַחַ֤ת וְאַחַת֙ וְהָאֶחָ֖ד וְהָאֶחָ֥ד וְהָאַחַ֣ת וְהָאַחַת֙ וּבְאֶחָ֞ד וּבְאַחַ֖ת וּכְאַחַ֖ד וּלְאֶחָ֖ד וּלְאַחַד֙ ואחד ואחד׃ ואחת ובאחד ובאחת והאחד והאחת וכאחד ולאחד כְ֠אֶחָד כְּאֶחָ֑ד כְּאֶחָ֔ד כְּאֶחָ֖ד כְּאַחַ֖ד כְּאַחַ֖ת כְּאַחַ֣ד כְּאַחַ֤ד כְּאַחַ֥ד כְאֶחָ֗ד כאחד כאחת לְאֶחָ֑ד לְאֶחָ֑ת לְאֶחָ֔ד לְאֶחָ֗ד לְאֶחָ֞ד לְאֶחָ֤ד לְאֶחָֽת׃ לְאַחַ֔ת לְאַחַ֖ד לְאַחַ֖ת לְאַחַ֞ד לְאַחַ֣ד לְאַחַ֣ת לְאַחַ֥ד לְאַחַ֥ת לְאַחַד֙ לַאֲחָדִ֖ים לָאֶחָ֑ד לָאֶחָ֖ד לאחד לאחדים לאחת לאחת׃ מֵֽאַחַ֥ת מֵאַחַ֖ד מֵאַחַ֖ת מֵאַחַ֤ד מֵאַחַ֥ד מאחד מאחת ’ă·ḥā·ḏîm ’a·ḥaḏ ’a·ḥaṯ ’a·ḥaṯ- ’aḥaḏ ’ăḥāḏîm ’aḥaṯ ’aḥaṯ- ’e·ḥāḏ ’e·ḥāḏ- ’e·ḥāṯ ’eḥāḏ ’eḥāḏ- ’eḥāṯ aChad achaDim aChat bə’aḥaḏ bə’aḥaṯ ḇə’aḥaṯ bə’eḥāḏ ḇə’eḥāḏ bə’eḥāṯ bə·’a·ḥaḏ bə·’a·ḥaṯ ḇə·’a·ḥaṯ bə·’e·ḥāḏ ḇə·’e·ḥāḏ bə·’e·ḥāṯ beaChad beaChat beeChad beeChat cheeChad Cheechod eChad eChat echod hā’aḥaṯ hā’eḥāḏ hā’eḥāṯ hā·’a·ḥaṯ hā·’e·ḥāḏ hā·’e·ḥāṯ haaChat haeChad haeChat kə’aḥaḏ kə’aḥaṯ kə’eḥāḏ ḵə’eḥāḏ kə·’a·ḥaḏ kə·’a·ḥaṯ kə·’e·ḥāḏ ḵə·’e·ḥāḏ keaChad keaChat keeChad la’ăḥāḏîm lā’eḥāḏ la·’ă·ḥā·ḏîm lā·’e·ḥāḏ laachaDim laeChad lə’aḥaḏ lə’aḥaṯ lə’eḥāḏ lə’eḥāṯ lə·’a·ḥaḏ lə·’a·ḥaṯ lə·’e·ḥāḏ lə·’e·ḥāṯ leaChad leaChat leeChad leeChat mê’aḥaḏ mê’aḥaṯ mê·’a·ḥaḏ mê·’a·ḥaṯ meaChad meaChat ū·ḇə·’a·ḥaṯ ū·ḇə·’e·ḥāḏ ū·ḵə·’a·ḥaḏ ū·lə·’a·ḥaḏ ū·lə·’e·ḥāḏ ūḇə’aḥaṯ ūḇə’eḥāḏ ucheaChad ūḵə’aḥaḏ ūlə’aḥaḏ ūlə’eḥāḏ uleaChad uleeChad uveaChat uveeChad veaChad veaChat veeChad Veechod vehaaChat vehaeChad wə’aḥaḏ wə’aḥaṯ wə’eḥāḏ wə·’a·ḥaḏ wə·’a·ḥaṯ wə·’e·ḥāḏ wə·hā·’a·ḥaṯ wə·hā·’e·ḥāḏ wəhā’aḥaṯ wəhā’eḥāḏ
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