חַד chad

Hebrew word for “one” · Strong’s H2298 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

1) one (number); 1a) one; 1b) a (indefinite article)

How it is translated

Glosses given for chad in context, with how often each is used:

• one 14

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Daniel 2 (3), Daniel 7 (3), Ezra 6 (2), Daniel 6 (2), Ezra 4 (1), Ezra 5 (1), Daniel 3 (1), Daniel 4 (1)

Forms

• חדה 8
• חד 5
• כחדה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דִּי di “that” 9
• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 8
• אֲמַר amar “to say” 6
• עַל al “since” 5
• דָּנִיֵּאל daniyyel “Daniel” 4
• אֱדַיִן edayin “then” 4
• כְּתַב ketav “to write” 3
• שְׁנָה shenah “year” 3
• לָא la “not” 4
• צְלֵם tselem “image” 3
• חֵלֶם chelem “dream” 3
• שְׁנָא shena “to change” 3

Key verses

The verses using chad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 5:13 — But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
• Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where…
• Daniel 2:9 — 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…
• Daniel 2:31 — Thou, 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 2:35 — Then 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…
• Daniel 3:19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that…
• Daniel 4:19 — Then 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,…
• Daniel 6:2 — And 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 6:17 — And 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…
• Daniel 7:1 — In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the…
• Daniel 7:5 — And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and…
• Daniel 7:16 — I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.