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אֶחָד

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

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אֶחָד H259
Pronunciation echad

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
one 264× 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 one 43× Genesis 42:13, Exodus 25:19, Exodus 29:23, Exodus 37:8
a 35× Exodus 16:33, Exodus 29:1, Exodus 29:3, Numbers 17:6
Each 27× Exodus 26:2, Exodus 26:8, Exodus 26:21, Exodus 26:25
on the first 21× Genesis 8:13, Exodus 25:33, Exodus 37:19, Exodus 40:2
and the other 16× 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 one 13× Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:13, Numbers 29:2, Numbers 29:8
a single 12× Genesis 41:22, Exodus 10:19, Exodus 26:24, Exodus 36:29
Include one 12× Numbers 28:22, Numbers 28:30, Numbers 29:5, Numbers 29:11
was one 12× Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19, Numbers 7:25, Numbers 7:31
The same 11× Exodus 12:49, Exodus 26:2, Leviticus 7:7, Leviticus 24:22
will have one portion 11× Ezekiel 48:1, Ezekiel 48:3, Ezekiel 48:4, Ezekiel 48:5
as one 10× Genesis 11:6, Genesis 49:16, Numbers 14:15, Judges 6:16
in one 10× Genesis 27:45, Leviticus 5:5, Deuteronomy 12:14, Deuteronomy 17:2
on one 10× Genesis 41:5, Exodus 25:32, Exodus 26:5, Exodus 26:26
with each 10× Numbers 28:12, Numbers 28:13, Numbers 28:21, Numbers 28:28
another 9× Exodus 36:12, 1 Samuel 10:3, 1 Samuel 13:18, Ezekiel 17:7
and a 8× Joshua 7:21, 2 Samuel 6:19, 2 Samuel 14:27, 2 Samuel 18:11
for each 8× Exodus 26:17, Exodus 36:22, Leviticus 24:5, Numbers 15:11
in the first 8× Exodus 26:4, Exodus 28:17, Exodus 36:11, 2 Chronicles 36:22
with one 8× Exodus 24:3, 1 Samuel 26:8, 1 Kings 22:13, 2 Chronicles 5:13
in a single 7× Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:26, Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 10:17
any 6× Leviticus 4:13, Leviticus 5:13, Leviticus 5:17, 2 Samuel 7:7
But one 6× 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Kings 11:32, 2 Kings 6:12, 2 Kings 7:13
eleven 6× Joshua 15:51, 2 Kings 23:36, 2 Kings 24:18, 2 Chronicles 36:5
like one 6× Genesis 3:22, Joshua 10:2, Ruth 2:13, 1 Samuel 17:36
Once 5× Exodus 30:10, Leviticus 16:34, Job 40:5, Psalms 62:11
the first 5× Genesis 1:5, Exodus 39:10, Ezra 10:17, Ezekiel 10:14
and another 4× 1 Samuel 10:3, Ezekiel 40:44, Ezekiel 41:11, Daniel 8:13
for one 4× Numbers 11:19, Deuteronomy 24:5, Ezekiel 41:24, Daniel 9:27
had the same 4× 1 Kings 6:25, Ezekiel 1:16, Ezekiel 10:10, Ezekiel 46:22
In the eleventh 4× 1 Kings 6:38, 2 Kings 9:29, Ezekiel 30:20, Ezekiel 31:1
the one 4× 2 Samuel 7:23, 1 Chronicles 17:21, 1 Chronicles 29:1, Ecclesiastes 4:10
the other 4× 2 Samuel 14:6, 1 Kings 12:29, 1 Kings 18:6, 1 Kings 18:23
vvv 4× Exodus 1:15, Leviticus 5:4, 2 Samuel 17:12, Amos 4:8
an 3× Leviticus 14:10, Numbers 6:14, 2 Kings 8:6
in a 3× Joshua 3:13, 2 Samuel 17:9, Isaiah 66:8
like a 3× Judges 17:11, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 6:20
on the same 3× Genesis 40:5, Leviticus 22:28, 1 Samuel 2:34
that one 3× Leviticus 14:5, Ecclesiastes 2:14, Zechariah 3:9
the 3× Genesis 48:22, 2 Kings 25:16, Jeremiah 52:20
to one 3× 2 Samuel 2:1, 1 Kings 3:25, Ezekiel 46:17
[each] 2× 1 Kings 7:16, 1 Kings 7:18
[each] one 2× Judges 8:18, 1 Kings 4:7
[numbered] 2× Ezra 2:64, Nehemiah 7:66
[was] one 2× Ezekiel 40:7
a unit 2× Exodus 26:6, Exodus 36:13
alone 2× Zechariah 14:9
and once 2× 1 Kings 10:22, 2 Chronicles 9:21
as a unit 2× Exodus 26:11, Exodus 36:18
as any 2× Judges 16:7, Judges 16:11
at one 2× 2 Samuel 23:8, 1 Chronicles 11:11
by any 2× Leviticus 4:22, Leviticus 4:27
each one 2× Numbers 1:44, Numbers 15:12
for a single 2× Exodus 33:5, 1 Kings 4:22
from each 2× Numbers 34:18, 2 Kings 15:20
have just one 2× 1 Kings 2:16, 1 Kings 2:20
into one 2× Genesis 37:20, Ezekiel 37:17
just one 2× Joshua 17:17, Judges 9:2
of a 2× Isaiah 23:15, Ezekiel 48:8
of a lone 2× Numbers 35:30, Deuteronomy 17:6
of each 2× Numbers 15:5, 1 Kings 6:26
of the first [cherub] 2× 1 Kings 6:27, 2 Chronicles 3:11
on the first day 2× Deuteronomy 1:3, Ezekiel 45:18
on the next 2× Exodus 25:33, Exodus 37:19
on the other 2× Judges 16:29, 1 Samuel 14:40
only 2× Joshua 22:20, Zechariah 14:7
the twenty-first 2× 1 Chronicles 24:17, 1 Chronicles 25:28
there is one 2× 2 Samuel 3:13, Ecclesiastes 9:3
together 2× Ezra 3:9, Ezekiel 37:17
when one 2× Numbers 16:22, 2 Samuel 18:10
[and] each had 1× 1 Kings 6:34
[and] on the first 1× Genesis 8:5
[and] one 1× Ezekiel 40:5
[but] a 1× Isaiah 5:10
[but] a few 1× Genesis 29:20
[for each] 1× Exodus 26:19
[is to be] the same 1× Exodus 26:8
[only] 1× Joshua 17:14
[only] one 1× Numbers 10:4
[were] of one 1× 1 Chronicles 12:38
[were] the same 1× Exodus 36:9
[will have] one portion 1× Ezekiel 48:2
41,500 1× Numbers 2:28
61,000 {} 1× Numbers 31:34
A lone 1× Deuteronomy 19:15
accompanying each 1× Numbers 28:7
accord 1× 2 Chronicles 18:12
along with one 1× Exodus 29:23
also had the same 1× Ezekiel 40:10
An unprecedented 1× Ezekiel 7:5
and 1× Ezekiel 10:21
and [the ledge] one 1× Ezekiel 43:14
and a [hundred] 1× Ezekiel 42:4
and a common 1× Genesis 11:1
and an 1× Numbers 6:14
and each 1× Numbers 7:85
and eleven 1× Genesis 37:9
and first 1× Genesis 8:13
and his eleven 1× Genesis 32:22
And in one 1× Zechariah 11:8
and like 1× Psalms 82:7
and received a single 1× 1 Chronicles 23:11
and the same 1× Numbers 15:16
and there was 1× Zechariah 5:7
annually 1× Exodus 30:10
any of the men 1× Numbers 36:3
anything 1× Leviticus 6:7
are one and the same 1× Genesis 41:25
are the same 1× Ecclesiastes 3:19
as a 1× Job 2:10
as though they were one 1× 2 Samuel 19:14
back and forth 1× 2 Kings 4:35
before one of them came to be 1× Psalms 139:16
But a 1× Judges 9:53
but each 1× Ezekiel 1:6
but the other 1× Jeremiah 24:2
But they are altogether 1× Jeremiah 10:8
but within a few 1× Daniel 11:20
by a single 1× Ecclesiastes 12:11
by adding one 1× Ecclesiastes 7:27
by one 1× Isaiah 27:12
can one 1× Ecclesiastes 4:11
could one man 1× Deuteronomy 32:30
Did not the same One 1× Job 31:15
Do you have only one 1× Genesis 27:38
Each [of the cherubim] 1× Ezekiel 10:14
each a 1× Ezekiel 40:43
each with the same 1× Ezekiel 40:10
even one 1× Ezekiel 16:5
for [each] 1× 1 Kings 7:17
for a while 1× Genesis 27:44
for even a 1× Genesis 33:13
For in one 1× 2 Chronicles 28:6
from any 1× Deuteronomy 18:6
from each [leader] 1× Numbers 7:3
from one 1× 2 Samuel 15:2
from the same 1× Ezekiel 21:19
had taken the same 1× Ezekiel 23:13
have one 1× Malachi 2:10
have the same 1× Ecclesiastes 3:19
have the same meaning 1× Genesis 41:26
he was but one 1× Isaiah 51:2
his first 1× Job 42:14
in 1× Deuteronomy 23:16
in a certain 1× 2 Samuel 12:1
in any 1× Deuteronomy 16:5
in each 1× 1 Chronicles 27:1
in one [way] 1× Job 33:14
in the same 1× 1 Kings 3:17
inside one 1× Exodus 12:46
into a single 1× Ezekiel 37:19
is a certain 1× Esther 3:8
is all the same 1× Job 9:22
is One 1× Deuteronomy 6:4
is to have the same 1× Numbers 15:15
is unique 1× Song Of Solomon 6:9
It is an eleven-day 1× Deuteronomy 1:2
joined together 1× 2 Chronicles 5:13
leave one 1× Genesis 42:19
Let one of 1× 1 Samuel 26:22
like 1× 2 Chronicles 18:12
Meanwhile, one 1× 1 Samuel 25:14
Now a certain 1× 1 Kings 13:11
numbered 41,500 1× Numbers 1:41
of [those you killed] 1× 1 Kings 19:2
of 61 1× Numbers 31:39
of an 1× Numbers 6:14
of one piece [with the lampstand] 1× Exodus 25:36
of the 1× Exodus 26:10
of the first 1× 1 Kings 6:24
of the first [river] 1× Genesis 2:11
of the same 1× Ezekiel 23:2
of the second 1× 2 Chronicles 3:12
of the twenty-first 1× Exodus 12:18
on a single 1× Esther 3:13
on each 1× Exodus 17:12
on one [pillar] 1× Judges 16:29
on the first [day] 1× Ezra 7:9
Once and for all 1× 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 them 1× Isaiah 19:18
One scale 1× Job 41:16
One thing 1× Psalms 27:4
only one man 1× Ezekiel 33:24
other 1× Exodus 36:22
per person 1× Exodus 16:22
regarding one 1× Deuteronomy 13:12
side 1× Exodus 17:12
singleness 1× Ezekiel 11:19
so that with one 1× Judges 16:28
some 1× 1 Samuel 2:36
some other 1× 2 Samuel 17:9
staying on that one 1× 1 Samuel 6:12
The other [son] 1× Exodus 18:4
The single 1× Esther 8:12
Then one 1× Isaiah 6:6
Then one of them 1× 2 Kings 6:3
There is a common 1× Ecclesiastes 9:2
there must be one 1× Numbers 17:3
there was a certain 1× Daniel 10:5
There was also one 1× 1 Kings 4:19
thing to another 1× Ecclesiastes 7:27
This one 1× Genesis 19:9
Thus one 1× 2 Kings 17:28
Time and again 1× 2 Kings 6:10
to another 1× Job 41:16
to shoulder 1× Zephaniah 3:9
to the other 1× 1 Kings 3:25
was another 1× Ezekiel 9:2
was the same 1× Exodus 36:15
were just like one 1× Obadiah 1:11
what is 1× Leviticus 4:2
When one of them 1× Genesis 44:28
will equally 1× Ecclesiastes 11:6
will suddenly 1× Proverbs 28:18
with a single 1× Numbers 13:23
with any 1× Deuteronomy 28:55
With the first 1× Exodus 29:40
with the other 1× Nehemiah 4:17
with the same 1× 1 Kings 7:37
within any 1× Deuteronomy 15:7
you in one 1× Deuteronomy 28:7
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:5 אֶחָֽד׃פ to the first Number - masculine singular Genesis 1:9 אֶחָ֔ד to one Number - masculine singular Genesis 2:11 הָֽאֶחָ֖ד to of the first [river] Article | Number - masculine singular Genesis 2:21 אַחַת֙ to one Number - feminine singular Genesis 2:24 אֶחָֽד׃ to one Number - masculine singular Genesis 3:22 כְּאַחַ֣ד to like one Preposition-k | Number - masculine singular Genesis 4:19 הָֽאַחַת֙ to one Article | Number - feminine singular Genesis 8:5 בְּאֶחָ֣ד to [and] on the first Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular Genesis 8:13 בְּאַחַ֨ת to and first Preposition-b | Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 8:13 בְּאֶחָ֣ד to on the first Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular
Usage map

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

First aligned row Genesis 1:5
Aligned rows 970
Books represented 34
Genesis 47 Exodus 99 Leviticus 49 Numbers 179 Deuteronomy 26 Joshua 60 Judges 27 Ruth 2 1 Samuel 43 2 Samuel 35 1 Kings 63 2 Kings 33 1 Chronicles 13 2 Chronicles 29 Ezra 12 Nehemiah 11 Esther 5 Job 14 Psalms 9 Proverbs 2 Ecclesiastes 19 Song Of Solomon 4 Isaiah 20 Jeremiah 14 Ezekiel 107 Daniel 19 Hosea 1 Amos 5 Obadiah 1 Jonah 1 Zephaniah 1 Haggai 3 Zechariah 13 Malachi 4
Source forms
אֶחָ֖ד 78x ’e·ḥāḏ Genesis 41:5, Genesis 41:11, Genesis 41:22, Genesis 42:11
אֶחָֽד׃ 65x ’e·ḥāḏ Genesis 2:24, Genesis 27:45, Genesis 34:16, Exodus 8:31
אֶחָ֔ד 57x ’e·ḥāḏ Genesis 1:9, Genesis 33:13, Genesis 40:5, Genesis 42:19
אֶחָד֙ 56x ’e·ḥāḏ Genesis 11:6, Exodus 11:1, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 17:12
אֶחָ֑ד 43x ’e·ḥāḏ Genesis 34:22, Exodus 9:7, Exodus 29:23, Leviticus 8:26
אֶחָ֥ד 43x ’e·ḥāḏ Genesis 41:26, Exodus 25:19, Exodus 37:8, Leviticus 5:7
אַחַ֖ת 26x ’a·ḥaṯ Exodus 25:36, Exodus 26:2, Exodus 29:23, Exodus 30:10
אַחַ֛ת 25x ’a·ḥaṯ Leviticus 4:27, Leviticus 6:7, Leviticus 14:10, Numbers 7:14
Parsing patterns
Number - masculine singular 470x Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 11:6
Number - feminine singular 149x Genesis 2:21, Genesis 11:1, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 27:38
Article | Number - masculine singular 100x Genesis 2:11, Genesis 10:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 42:27
Article | Number - feminine singular 48x Genesis 4:19, Genesis 32:8, Exodus 1:15, Exodus 25:12
Number - masculine singular construct 27x Genesis 21:15, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 32:22
Number - feminine singular construct 24x Exodus 29:23, Leviticus 8:26, Numbers 15:16, Deuteronomy 4:42
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular 19x Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, Numbers 2:16, Numbers 6:11
Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular 19x Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:13, Exodus 40:2, Exodus 40:17
Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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

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