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εἷς

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greekNew TestamentAdjective345 occurrences21 books288 verses

Definition

εἷς

ιά, ἕν, genitive ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός,

cardinal numeral, one;

1. one, as opposite to many: Matthew 25:15, Romans 5:12, 1 Corinthians 10:8, al.; as subst., Romans 5:15, Ephesians 2:14; id. with genitive partit., Matthew 5:19, al.; before ἐκ (ἐξ), Mark 14:18, John 6:8, al.; metaphorically, of union and concord, John 10:30; 17:11, Romans 12:4-5, Philippians 1:27; ἀπὸ μιᾶς (B1., § 44, 1), Luke 14:18; with neg., εἷς. . . οὐ (μή), more emphatic than οὐδείς, no one, none (cl.), Matthew 5:18; 10:29, Luke 11:46; 12:6.

2. Emphatically, to the exclusion of others;

(a) a single (one): Matthew 21:24, Mark 8:14; absol., 1 Corinthians 9:24, al.; οὐδὲ εἷς, Matthew 27:14, John 1:3, Romans 3:10, al.;

(b) one, alone: Mark 2:7; 10:18, Luke 18:19;

(with) one and the same: Romans 3:30, 1 Corinthians 3:8; 11:5; 12:11, 1 John 5:8.

3. In late Gk., with weakened force, = τις or indef. art. (of. Heb. אֶחָד, Genesis 22:13, al.; see B1., § 45, 2; M, Pr., 96 f.): Matthew 8:19; 19:6, Revelation 8:13, al.; εἷς τις (Bl., l.with), Luke 22:50, John 11:49

4. Distributively: εἷς καστος (cl.), Luke 4:40, Acts 2:6, al.; εἷς . . . καὶ εἷς (cl., εἷς μὲν . . . εἷς δέ), Matthew 17:4, Mark 9:5, John 20:12, al. (cf. LXX and use of Heb. אֶחָד, Exodus 17:12, al); ὁ εἷς . . . ὁ ἕτερος (ἄλλος) = cl. ὁ μὲν (ἕτερος) . . . ὁ δέ (ἕτερος), Matthew 6:24, Luke 7:41, Revelation 17:10; καθ᾽ εἷς, εἷς κ. είς (in which καθ᾽ is adverbial, or the expression formed from the analogy of ἕν καθ᾽ ἔν; M, Pr., 105), one by one, severally: Mark 14:19, Romans 12:5, al.; εἷς τὸν ἕνα = ἀλλήλους (B1., 45, 2; M, Pr., 246), 1 Thessalonians 5:11.

5. As ordinal = πρῶτος (like Heb. אֶחָד; Bl., § 45, 1; M, Pr., 95 f.), first: Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:2, al

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as εἷς:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

345 total
  1. Acts 12:10μίαν · one
    They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
  2. Acts 17:26ἑνὸς · one [man]
    From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
  3. Acts 17:27ἑνὸς · one
    God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
  4. Acts 19:34μία
    But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
  5. Acts 20:7μιᾷ · first [day]
    On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
  6. Acts 20:31ἕνα · [of you]
    Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
  7. Acts 21:7μίαν · for a
    When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
  8. Acts 21:19ἓν · one
    Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
  9. Acts 21:26ἑνὸς
    So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.
  10. Acts 23:6ἓν
    Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
  11. Acts 23:17ἕνα · one
    Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”
  12. Acts 24:21μιᾶς · one
    …unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”
  13. Acts 28:13μίαν · one
    From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.
  14. Acts 28:25ἓν · [this final]
    They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
  15. Romans 3:10εἷς · one
    As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
  16. Romans 3:12ἑνός · one
    All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
  17. Romans 3:30εἷς · one
    …since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
  18. Romans 5:12ἑνὸς · one
    Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
  19. Romans 5:15ἑνὸς · one [man]; ἑνὸς · one
    But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
  20. Romans 5:16ἑνὸς · the one [man’s]; ἑνὸς · one [sin]
    Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
  21. Romans 5:17ἑνὸς · one [man]; ἑνός · one [man]; ἑνὸς · one man
    For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
  22. Romans 5:18ἑνὸς · one; ἑνὸς · one
    So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.
  23. Romans 5:19ἑνὸς · one; ἑνὸς · one [man]
    For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
  24. Romans 9:10ἑνὸς · one [man]
    Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
  25. Romans 12:4ἑνὶ · one
    Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
  26. Romans 12:5ἓν · [are] one; εἷς · [belongs to] one
    …so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
  27. Romans 15:6ἑνὶ · one
    …so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  28. 1 Corinthians 3:8ἕν · one [ in purpose ]
    He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
  29. 1 Corinthians 4:6εἷς; ἑνὸς · one [man]
    Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
  30. 1 Corinthians 6:16ἓν · one [with her]; μίαν · one
    Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
  31. 1 Corinthians 6:17ἓν · one [with Him]
    But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
  32. 1 Corinthians 8:4εἷς · one
    So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
  33. 1 Corinthians 8:6εἷς · [ there is but ] one; εἷς · one
    …yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
  34. 1 Corinthians 9:24εἷς · only one
    Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
  35. 1 Corinthians 10:8μιᾷ · in one
    We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
  36. 1 Corinthians 10:17εἷς · one; ἓν · one; ἑνὸς · one
    Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
  37. 1 Corinthians 11:5ἓν
    And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
  38. 1 Corinthians 12:9ἑνὶ · one
    …to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,