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Lexicon :: Strong's H3173 - yāḥîḏ

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יָחִיד
Transliteration
yāḥîḏ
Pronunciation
yaw-kheed'
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Part of Speech
adjective, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 858a

Strong’s Definitions

יָחִיד yâchîyd, yaw-kheed'; from H3161; properly, united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced):—darling, desolate, only (child, son), solitary.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H3173 in the following manner: only (6x), darling (2x), only child (1x), only son (1x), desolate (1x), solitary (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H3173 in the following manner: only (6x), darling (2x), only child (1x), only son (1x), desolate (1x), solitary (1x).
adjective

  1. only, only one, solitary, one

    1. only, unique, one

    2. solitary

    3. (TWOT) only begotten son

      substantive

  2. one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָחִיד yâchîyd, yaw-kheed'; from H3161; properly, united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced):—darling, desolate, only (child, son), solitary.
STRONGS H3173: Abbreviations
† יָחִיד adjective and substantive only, only one, solitary (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יָחִיד, יְחִידַי, bdb040207, bdb040208, id.; Arabic bdb040209 solitary) —
1. only one, especially of an only son, Genesis 22:2, 12, 16 את בנך את יְחִידְךָ thy son, thine only one, אֵבֶל יָחִיד Amos 8:10; Jeremiah 6:26 mourning for an only son, כמספד על היחיד Zechariah 12:10; Proverbs 4:3 רַךְ וְיָחִיד לפני אמי; so feminine יְחִידָה Judges 11:34.
2. feminine יְחִידָה as substantive Psalm 22:21; Psalm 35:17 יְחִידָתִי my only one, poetic for my life, as the one unique and priceless possession which can never be replaced (in each || נַפְשִׁי).
3. solitary, Psalm 25:16 כי יחיד ועני אני; Psalm 68:7 מוֺשִׁיב יְחִידִים בַּיְתָה causing solitary, isolated ones (i.e. friendless wanderers or exiles; || אֲסִירִים) to dwell at home (Lag Ch and others מֵשִׁיב bringing back home).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:2; 22:12; 22:16

Judges

11:34

Psalms

22:21; 25:16; 35:17; 68:7

Proverbs

4:3

Jeremiah

6:26

Amos

8:10

Zechariah

12:10

H3173

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3173 matches the Hebrew יָחִיד (yāḥîḏ),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - and said, “I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:20 - Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16 - Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 - How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:6 - God sets the lonely in families,[fn] he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:3 - For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - Put on sackcloth, my people, and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - I will turn your religious festivals into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 - “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit[fn] of grace and supplication. They will look on[fn] me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
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