חַד
chad · khad
as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at once
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H2297 (חַד);
as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at once
- as card. one
- as article single
- as an ordinal, first
- adverbially, at once
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: a, first, one, together.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the doorway, the way in
To separate and protect of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the first3 · 21%
- a2 · 14%
- one2 · 14%
- there is but one1 · 7%
- a great1 · 7%
- together1 · 7%
- for one1 · 7%
- was first1 · 7%
- and a1 · 7%
- itself on one1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.