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אֶחָד

Properly, united , i.e. one ; or (as an ordinal) first

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אֶחָדH259
Pronunciationechad

What does אֶחָד (echad) mean in the Bible?

אֶחָד (echad): One fundamentally means "united" or "unified" — emphasizing wholeness and integration rather than mere singularity or counting.

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Questions this entry answers

What does אֶחָד (echad) mean in the Bible?

אֶחָד (echad): One fundamentally means "united" or "unified" — emphasizing wholeness and integration rather than mere singularity or counting.

How does the BSB render H259?

The BSB source-word alignment has 970 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include one (264), . . . (73), and one (43), a (35), Each (27).

Where does אֶחָד (echad) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Numbers (179), Ezekiel (107), Exodus (99), 1 Kings (63).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
one264×Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:19
. . .73×Genesis 11:6, Exodus 9:7, Exodus 36:10, Exodus 36:13
and one43×Genesis 42:13, Exodus 25:19, Exodus 29:23, Exodus 37:8
a35×Exodus 16:33, Exodus 29:1, Exodus 29:3, Numbers 17:6
Each27×Exodus 26:2, Exodus 26:8, Exodus 26:21, Exodus 26:25
on the first21×Genesis 8:13, Exodus 25:33, Exodus 37:19, Exodus 40:2
and the other16×Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, Leviticus 14:22, Leviticus 14:31
-14×Exodus 26:2, Exodus 26:8, Exodus 26:16, Exodus 36:9
of one13×Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:13, Numbers 29:2, Numbers 29:8
a single12×Genesis 41:22, Exodus 10:19, Exodus 26:24, Exodus 36:29
Include one12×Numbers 28:22, Numbers 28:30, Numbers 29:5, Numbers 29:11
was one12×Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19, Numbers 7:25, Numbers 7:31
The same11×Exodus 12:49, Exodus 26:2, Leviticus 7:7, Leviticus 24:22
will have one portion11×Ezekiel 48:1, Ezekiel 48:3, Ezekiel 48:4, Ezekiel 48:5
as one10×Genesis 11:6, Genesis 49:16, Numbers 14:15, Judges 6:16
in one10×Genesis 27:45, Leviticus 5:5, Deuteronomy 12:14, Deuteronomy 17:2
on one10×Genesis 41:5, Exodus 25:32, Exodus 26:5, Exodus 26:26
with each10×Numbers 28:12, Numbers 28:13, Numbers 28:21, Numbers 28:28
another9×Exodus 36:12, 1 Samuel 10:3, 1 Samuel 13:18, Ezekiel 17:7
and a8×Joshua 7:21, 2 Samuel 6:19, 2 Samuel 14:27, 2 Samuel 18:11
for each8×Exodus 26:17, Exodus 36:22, Leviticus 24:5, Numbers 15:11
in the first8×Exodus 26:4, Exodus 28:17, Exodus 36:11, 2 Chronicles 36:22
with one8×Exodus 24:3, 1 Samuel 26:8, 1 Kings 22:13, 2 Chronicles 5:13
in a single7×Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:26, Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 10:17
any6×Leviticus 4:13, Leviticus 5:13, Leviticus 5:17, 2 Samuel 7:7
But one6×1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Kings 11:32, 2 Kings 6:12, 2 Kings 7:13
eleven6×Joshua 15:51, 2 Kings 23:36, 2 Kings 24:18, 2 Chronicles 36:5
like one6×Genesis 3:22, Joshua 10:2, Ruth 2:13, 1 Samuel 17:36
Once5×Exodus 30:10, Leviticus 16:34, Job 40:5, Psalms 62:11
the first5×Genesis 1:5, Exodus 39:10, Ezra 10:17, Ezekiel 10:14
and another4×1 Samuel 10:3, Ezekiel 40:44, Ezekiel 41:11, Daniel 8:13
for one4×Numbers 11:19, Deuteronomy 24:5, Ezekiel 41:24, Daniel 9:27
had the same4×1 Kings 6:25, Ezekiel 1:16, Ezekiel 10:10, Ezekiel 46:22
In the eleventh4×1 Kings 6:38, 2 Kings 9:29, Ezekiel 30:20, Ezekiel 31:1
the one4×2 Samuel 7:23, 1 Chronicles 17:21, 1 Chronicles 29:1, Ecclesiastes 4:10
the other4×2 Samuel 14:6, 1 Kings 12:29, 1 Kings 18:6, 1 Kings 18:23
vvv4×Exodus 1:15, Leviticus 5:4, 2 Samuel 17:12, Amos 4:8
an3×Leviticus 14:10, Numbers 6:14, 2 Kings 8:6
in a3×Joshua 3:13, 2 Samuel 17:9, Isaiah 66:8
like a3×Judges 17:11, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 6:20
on the same3×Genesis 40:5, Leviticus 22:28, 1 Samuel 2:34
that one3×Leviticus 14:5, Ecclesiastes 2:14, Zechariah 3:9
the3×Genesis 48:22, 2 Kings 25:16, Jeremiah 52:20
to one3×2 Samuel 2:1, 1 Kings 3:25, Ezekiel 46:17
[each]2×1 Kings 7:16, 1 Kings 7:18
[each] one2×Judges 8:18, 1 Kings 4:7
[numbered]2×Ezra 2:64, Nehemiah 7:66
[was] one2×Ezekiel 40:7
a unit2×Exodus 26:6, Exodus 36:13
alone2×Zechariah 14:9
and once2×1 Kings 10:22, 2 Chronicles 9:21
as a unit2×Exodus 26:11, Exodus 36:18
as any2×Judges 16:7, Judges 16:11
at one2×2 Samuel 23:8, 1 Chronicles 11:11
by any2×Leviticus 4:22, Leviticus 4:27
each one2×Numbers 1:44, Numbers 15:12
for a single2×Exodus 33:5, 1 Kings 4:22
from each2×Numbers 34:18, 2 Kings 15:20
have just one2×1 Kings 2:16, 1 Kings 2:20
into one2×Genesis 37:20, Ezekiel 37:17
just one2×Joshua 17:17, Judges 9:2
of a2×Isaiah 23:15, Ezekiel 48:8
of a lone2×Numbers 35:30, Deuteronomy 17:6
of each2×Numbers 15:5, 1 Kings 6:26
of the first [cherub]2×1 Kings 6:27, 2 Chronicles 3:11
on the first day2×Deuteronomy 1:3, Ezekiel 45:18
on the next2×Exodus 25:33, Exodus 37:19
on the other2×Judges 16:29, 1 Samuel 14:40
only2×Joshua 22:20, Zechariah 14:7
the twenty-first2×1 Chronicles 24:17, 1 Chronicles 25:28
there is one2×2 Samuel 3:13, Ecclesiastes 9:3
together2×Ezra 3:9, Ezekiel 37:17
when one2×Numbers 16:22, 2 Samuel 18:10
[and] each had1×1 Kings 6:34
[and] on the first1×Genesis 8:5
[and] one1×Ezekiel 40:5
[but] a1×Isaiah 5:10
[but] a few1×Genesis 29:20
[for each]1×Exodus 26:19
[is to be] the same1×Exodus 26:8
[only]1×Joshua 17:14
[only] one1×Numbers 10:4
[were] of one1×1 Chronicles 12:38
[were] the same1×Exodus 36:9
[will have] one portion1×Ezekiel 48:2
41,5001×Numbers 2:28
61,000 {}1×Numbers 31:34
A lone1×Deuteronomy 19:15
accompanying each1×Numbers 28:7
accord1×2 Chronicles 18:12
along with one1×Exodus 29:23
also had the same1×Ezekiel 40:10
An unprecedented1×Ezekiel 7:5
and1×Ezekiel 10:21
and [the ledge] one1×Ezekiel 43:14
and a [hundred]1×Ezekiel 42:4
and a common1×Genesis 11:1
and an1×Numbers 6:14
and each1×Numbers 7:85
and eleven1×Genesis 37:9
and first1×Genesis 8:13
and his eleven1×Genesis 32:22
And in one1×Zechariah 11:8
and like1×Psalms 82:7
and received a single1×1 Chronicles 23:11
and the same1×Numbers 15:16
and there was1×Zechariah 5:7
annually1×Exodus 30:10
any of the men1×Numbers 36:3
anything1×Leviticus 6:7
are one and the same1×Genesis 41:25
are the same1×Ecclesiastes 3:19
as a1×Job 2:10
as though they were one1×2 Samuel 19:14
back and forth1×2 Kings 4:35
before one of them came to be1×Psalms 139:16
But a1×Judges 9:53
but each1×Ezekiel 1:6
but the other1×Jeremiah 24:2
But they are altogether1×Jeremiah 10:8
but within a few1×Daniel 11:20
by a single1×Ecclesiastes 12:11
by adding one1×Ecclesiastes 7:27
by one1×Isaiah 27:12
can one1×Ecclesiastes 4:11
could one man1×Deuteronomy 32:30
Did not the same One1×Job 31:15
Do you have only one1×Genesis 27:38
Each [of the cherubim]1×Ezekiel 10:14
each a1×Ezekiel 40:43
each with the same1×Ezekiel 40:10
even one1×Ezekiel 16:5
for [each]1×1 Kings 7:17
for a while1×Genesis 27:44
for even a1×Genesis 33:13
For in one1×2 Chronicles 28:6
from any1×Deuteronomy 18:6
from each [leader]1×Numbers 7:3
from one1×2 Samuel 15:2
from the same1×Ezekiel 21:19
had taken the same1×Ezekiel 23:13
have one1×Malachi 2:10
have the same1×Ecclesiastes 3:19
have the same meaning1×Genesis 41:26
he was but one1×Isaiah 51:2
his first1×Job 42:14
in1×Deuteronomy 23:16
in a certain1×2 Samuel 12:1
in any1×Deuteronomy 16:5
in each1×1 Chronicles 27:1
in one [way]1×Job 33:14
in the same1×1 Kings 3:17
inside one1×Exodus 12:46
into a single1×Ezekiel 37:19
is a certain1×Esther 3:8
is all the same1×Job 9:22
is One1×Deuteronomy 6:4
is to have the same1×Numbers 15:15
is unique1×Song Of Solomon 6:9
It is an eleven-day1×Deuteronomy 1:2
joined together1×2 Chronicles 5:13
leave one1×Genesis 42:19
Let one of1×1 Samuel 26:22
like1×2 Chronicles 18:12
Meanwhile, one1×1 Samuel 25:14
Now a certain1×1 Kings 13:11
numbered 41,5001×Numbers 1:41
of [those you killed]1×1 Kings 19:2
of 611×Numbers 31:39
of an1×Numbers 6:14
of one piece [with the lampstand]1×Exodus 25:36
of the1×Exodus 26:10
of the first1×1 Kings 6:24
of the first [river]1×Genesis 2:11
of the same1×Ezekiel 23:2
of the second1×2 Chronicles 3:12
of the twenty-first1×Exodus 12:18
on a single1×Esther 3:13
on each1×Exodus 17:12
on one [pillar]1×Judges 16:29
on the first [day]1×Ezra 7:9
Once and for all1×Psalms 89:35
One [calf]1×1 Kings 12:29
one [fly]1×Exodus 8:31
one [of the calves]1×1 Kings 12:30
One [of them]1×2 Kings 4:39
one [pillar]1×Jeremiah 52:22
one [time]1×Job 9:3
One [was]1×2 Samuel 4:2
One of them1×Isaiah 19:18
One scale1×Job 41:16
One thing1×Psalms 27:4
only one man1×Ezekiel 33:24
other1×Exodus 36:22
per person1×Exodus 16:22
regarding one1×Deuteronomy 13:12
side1×Exodus 17:12
singleness1×Ezekiel 11:19
so that with one1×Judges 16:28
some1×1 Samuel 2:36
some other1×2 Samuel 17:9
staying on that one1×1 Samuel 6:12
The other [son]1×Exodus 18:4
The single1×Esther 8:12
Then one1×Isaiah 6:6
Then one of them1×2 Kings 6:3
There is a common1×Ecclesiastes 9:2
there must be one1×Numbers 17:3
there was a certain1×Daniel 10:5
There was also one1×1 Kings 4:19
thing to another1×Ecclesiastes 7:27
This one1×Genesis 19:9
Thus one1×2 Kings 17:28
Time and again1×2 Kings 6:10
to another1×Job 41:16
to shoulder1×Zephaniah 3:9
to the other1×1 Kings 3:25
was another1×Ezekiel 9:2
was the same1×Exodus 36:15
were just like one1×Obadiah 1:11
what is1×Leviticus 4:2
When one of them1×Genesis 44:28
will equally1×Ecclesiastes 11:6
will suddenly1×Proverbs 28:18
with a single1×Numbers 13:23
with any1×Deuteronomy 28:55
With the first1×Exodus 29:40
with the other1×Nehemiah 4:17
with the same1×1 Kings 7:37
within any1×Deuteronomy 15:7
you in one1×Deuteronomy 28:7
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:5אֶחָֽד׃פtothe firstNumber - masculine singularGenesis 1:9אֶחָ֔דtooneNumber - masculine singularGenesis 2:11הָֽאֶחָ֖דtoof the first [river]Article | Number - masculine singularGenesis 2:21אַחַת֙tooneNumber - feminine singularGenesis 2:24אֶחָֽד׃tooneNumber - masculine singularGenesis 3:22כְּאַחַ֣דtolike onePreposition-k | Number - masculine singularGenesis 4:19הָֽאַחַת֙tooneArticle | Number - feminine singularGenesis 8:5בְּאֶחָ֣דto[and] on the firstPreposition-b | Number - masculine singularGenesis 8:13בְּאַחַ֨תtoand firstPreposition-b | Number - feminine singular constructGenesis 8:13בְּאֶחָ֣דtoon the firstPreposition-b | Number - masculine singular
Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowGenesis 1:5
Aligned rows970
Books represented34
Genesis47Exodus99Leviticus49Numbers179Deuteronomy26Joshua60Judges27Ruth21 Samuel432 Samuel351 Kings632 Kings331 Chronicles132 Chronicles29Ezra12Nehemiah11Esther5Job14Psalms9Proverbs2Ecclesiastes19Song Of Solomon4Isaiah20Jeremiah14Ezekiel107Daniel19Hosea1Amos5Obadiah1Jonah1Zephaniah1Haggai3Zechariah13Malachi4
Source forms
אֶחָ֖ד78x’e·ḥāḏGenesis 41:5, Genesis 41:11, Genesis 41:22, Genesis 42:11
אֶחָֽד׃65x’e·ḥāḏGenesis 2:24, Genesis 27:45, Genesis 34:16, Exodus 8:31
אֶחָ֔ד57x’e·ḥāḏGenesis 1:9, Genesis 33:13, Genesis 40:5, Genesis 42:19
אֶחָד֙56x’e·ḥāḏGenesis 11:6, Exodus 11:1, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 17:12
אֶחָ֑ד43x’e·ḥāḏGenesis 34:22, Exodus 9:7, Exodus 29:23, Leviticus 8:26
אֶחָ֥ד43x’e·ḥāḏGenesis 41:26, Exodus 25:19, Exodus 37:8, Leviticus 5:7
אַחַ֖ת26x’a·ḥaṯExodus 25:36, Exodus 26:2, Exodus 29:23, Exodus 30:10
אַחַ֛ת25x’a·ḥaṯLeviticus 4:27, Leviticus 6:7, Leviticus 14:10, Numbers 7:14
Parsing patterns
Number - masculine singular470xGenesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 11:6
Number - feminine singular149xGenesis 2:21, Genesis 11:1, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 27:38
Article | Number - masculine singular100xGenesis 2:11, Genesis 10:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 42:27
Article | Number - feminine singular48xGenesis 4:19, Genesis 32:8, Exodus 1:15, Exodus 25:12
Number - masculine singular construct27xGenesis 21:15, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 32:22
Number - feminine singular construct24xExodus 29:23, Leviticus 8:26, Numbers 15:16, Deuteronomy 4:42
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular19xLeviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, Numbers 2:16, Numbers 6:11
Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular19xGenesis 8:5, Genesis 8:13, Exodus 40:2, Exodus 40:17
Sources

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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