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אֶחָד H259
H259 is the Hebrew word אֶחָד, transliterated ʼechâd and said ekh-awd'. The King James Version most often renders it one.
What it means
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first.
Where it comes from
a numeral from H258 (אָחַד).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 750 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,.
Verses using אֶחָד
The first 40 of 716 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 1:5 · KJV
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:9 · KJV
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Genesis 2:11 · KJV
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Genesis 2:21 · KJV
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Genesis 2:24 · KJV
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 3:22 · KJV
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Genesis 4:19 · KJV
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 8:5 · KJV
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Genesis 8:13 · KJV
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Genesis 10:25 · KJV
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Genesis 11:1 · KJV
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Genesis 11:6 · KJV
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Genesis 19:9 · KJV
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Genesis 21:15 · KJV
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Genesis 22:2 · KJV
And 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 26:10 · KJV
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
Genesis 27:38 · KJV
And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 27:44 · KJV
And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;
Genesis 27:45 · KJV
Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
Genesis 29:20 · KJV
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Genesis 32:8 · KJV
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
Genesis 32:22 · KJV
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
Genesis 33:13 · KJV
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
Genesis 34:16 · KJV
Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
Genesis 34:22 · KJV
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
Genesis 37:9 · KJV
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Genesis 37:20 · KJV
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Genesis 40:5 · KJV
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
Genesis 41:5 · KJV
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
Genesis 41:11 · KJV
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
Genesis 41:22 · KJV
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
Genesis 41:25 · KJV
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis 42:11 · KJV
We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
Genesis 42:13 · KJV
And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Genesis 42:16 · KJV
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
Genesis 42:19 · KJV
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
Genesis 42:27 · KJV
And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.
Genesis 42:32 · KJV
We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:33 · KJV
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
Genesis 44:28 · KJV
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
Common questions
What does Strong's H259 mean?
H259 is the Hebrew word אֶחָד (ʼechâd), meaning properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first.
How is H259 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it one (569 times), a (35 times), other (30 times), first (27 times), another (24 times), among others.
How many times does H259 appear in the Bible?
אֶחָד (ʼechâd) is tagged in 716 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H259 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a numeral from H258 (אָחַד).
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