H259

אֶחָד

ʼechâd · ekh-awd'

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

Lexicon

Derivation: a numeral from H258 (אָחַד);

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

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

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV 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,

Letters

Alef

Het

Dalet

אAlef1
Picture: ox head
Concrete
ox · bull · cattle
Extended
strength · leader · first · the one in front
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)

strength, the leader › to separate and protect › the doorway, the way in

Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect of the doorway, the way in.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶחָד 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

971 occurrences · 971 OT · 0 NT · 171 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

one226 · 39%
and one62 · 11%
of one30 · 5%
in one28 · 5%
a28 · 5%
of the one21 · 4%
and the other20 · 3%
was one19 · 3%
the one17 · 3%
for one14 · 2%
as one13 · 2%
shekels, one11 · 2%
unto one10 · 2%
once10 · 2%
and another9 · 2%
with one8 · 1%
to one8 · 1%
in the first8 · 1%
them one7 · 1%
upon one7 · 1%
eleven6 · 1%
under one6 · 1%
on the first6 · 1%
not one6 · 1%
under another5 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

אֶחָ֖ד78אֶחָֽד׃66אֶחָ֔ד57אֶחָד֙56אֶחָ֑ד44אֶחָ֥ד43אַחַ֖ת26אַחַ֛ת25אֶחָ֛ד23אֶחָ֗ד21אַחַ֗ת20אֶחָ֑ת18

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.