אֶחָד

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a numeral from H258 (אָחַד);

KJV Usage

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,

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.one (number)
• 2.one (number)
• 3.each, every
• 4.a certain
• 5.an (indefinite article)
• 6.only, once, once for all
• 7.one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one
• 8.first
• 9.eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼechâd; Pronunciation: ekh-awd'