אֶחָד echad

Hebrew word for “one” · Strong’s H259 · used 970 times in 739 verses

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Meaning

1) one (number); 1a) one (number);

How it is translated

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

• one 855
• day one 18
• like one 14
• one plus 13
• one time 13
• one portion 12
• one person 7
• belonged to one 6
• ones 5
• one bird 5
• any one 4
• one calf 3

Where it is used

Also in 22 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 7 (51), Numbers 29 (19), Ezekiel 48 (17), Joshua 12 (16), Exodus 26 (14), Exodus 36 (14), Numbers 28 (13), 1 Kings 7 (12), Ezekiel 40 (11), Leviticus 14 (8)

Forms

• אחד 497
• אחת 173
• האחד 100
• האחת 50
• באחד 30
• ואחד 20
• ואחת 20
• כאחד 19
• לאחד 16
• באחת 13

Words used with it

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

• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 124
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 74
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 49
• עָשָׂר asar “ten” 49
• שֵׁנִי sheni “second” 41
• כֶּבֶשׂ keves “lamb” 36
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 43
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 57
• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 46
• שָׂעִיר sair “he-goat” 29
• מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 35
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 34

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 28:25 — The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed…
• Deuteronomy 32:30 — How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
• Judges 20:1 — Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the…
• 1 Kings 22:8 — And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth…
• Psalms 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the…
• Jeremiah 32:39 — And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
• Ezekiel 11:19 — And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of…
• Ezekiel 34:23 — And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
• Ezekiel 37:24 — And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
• Daniel 9:27 — And 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…
• Zechariah 11:8 — Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
• Zechariah 14:9 — And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

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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.