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Lexicon :: Strong's H259 - 'eḥāḏ

Aa
אֶחָד
Transliteration
'eḥāḏ
Pronunciation
ekh-awd'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
A numeral from אָחַד (H258)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 61

Strong’s Definitions

אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

KJV Translation Count — Total: 952x

The KJV translates Strong's H259 in the following manner: one (687x), first (36x), another (35x), other (30x), any (18x), once (13x), eleven (with H6240) (13x), every (10x), certain (9x), an (7x), some (7x), miscellaneous (87x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 952x
The KJV translates Strong's H259 in the following manner: one (687x), first (36x), another (35x), other (30x), any (18x), once (13x), eleven (with H6240) (13x), every (10x), certain (9x), an (7x), some (7x), miscellaneous (87x).

  1. one (number)

    1. one (number)

    2. each, every

    3. a certain

    4. an (indefinite article)

    5. only, once, once for all

    6. one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one

    7. first

    8. eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
STRONGS H259: Abbreviations
אֶחָד 962 adjective number one (Phoenician אחד, Sabean id., compare DHMZMG 1876, 707, Arabic أَحَدً, Ethiopic አሐዱ፡ Aramaic חַד, dfo; on Assyrian edu, aḫadu, compare DlW No. 139) — absoluteא׳ Genesis 1:5 —אַחַ֫ד Genesis 21:15 +; so even before preposition 1 Samuel 9:3 and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absolute אַחַ֫ת Genesis 2:21 +; אֶחָ֑ת † Genesis 11:1 +; construct אַחַ֫ת Deuteronomy 13:13 +; plural masculine אֲחָדִים Genesis 11:1 + 4:t.; חַד Ezekiel 33:30 strike out Co compare Greek Version of the LXX; —
1. one Genesis 1:9; Genesis 27:38, 45; Exodus 12:49; Joshua 23:10; 1 Samuel 1:24; 2 Samuel 12:3 +, Zechariah 14:9; Malachi 2:10; Job 31:15 +, so also (emphatic) 2 Samuel 17:3 for MT אֲשֶׁר Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; one or two לֹא לְיוֺם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם Ezra 10:13; as substantive followed by מִן Genesis 2:21; Leviticus 4:2, 13; Isaiah 34:16 +; הָא׳ Genesis 19:9; Genesis 42:13, 32; 2 Kings 6:3, 5 +; one and the same Genesis 40:5; Job 31:15; plural דְּבָרִים אֲחָדִים Genesis 11:1 compare Ezekiel 37:17 (absolute), but see Co;＝few, a few יָמִים א׳ ‴ Genesis 27:44; Genesis 29:20; Daniel 11:20; כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד as one man, together Judges 20:8; 1 Samuel 11:7; also כְּאֶחָד late＝Aramaic כַּחֲדָא † Ezra 2:64 (= Nehemiah 7:66) Ezra 3:9; Ezra 6:20; Ecclesiastes 11:6; see especially Isaiah 65:25 (|| earlier יַחְדֶּו Isaiah 11:6, 7).
2.＝each, every Exodus 36:30; Numbers 7:3, 85; Numbers 28:21; 1 Kings 4:7; 2 Kings 15:20 +; also repeated, distributive sense Numbers 7:11; Numbers 13:2; Numbers 17:21; Joshua 3:12; Joshua 4:2, 4.
3.＝a certain 1 Samuel 1:1; 2 Samuel 18:10; 2 Kings 4:1; Esther 3:8 — 2 Samuel 17:9 see Dr 1 Samuel 1:1; hence
4.＝indefinite article 1 Samuel 6:7; 1 Samuel 24:15; 1 Samuel 26:20 (but strike out Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) 1 Kings 19:4, 5 +.
5. only 1 Kings 4:19; & (feminine) once 2 Kings 6:10; Psalm 62:12; Psalm 89:36 (once for all); אַחַת לְשָׁלוֺשׁ שָׁנִים 2 Chronicles 9:21, בַּשָּׁנָה א׳ Leviticus 16:34 compare Job 40:5, אֶחָ֑ת אֶחָ֑ת Joshua 6:3, 11 compare Joshua 6:14, בְּאַחַת Numbers 10:4; Job 33:14; at once בְּאֶחָ֑ת Proverbs 28:18 compare וְאִנָּקְמֶה נְקַם־אַחַת Judges 16:28. **Num 10:4 בְּאַחַת is rather 'in one (of the trumpets)'; Job 33:14 it＝in one way; Proverbs 28:18 read probably with Syriac Version Lag Dy Bi בַּשָּׁ֑חַת; Judges 16:28 is rather 'vengeance for one of my two eyes' (see GFM). Jeremiah 10:8 בְּאַחַת probably＝in one, altogether. אחד.
6. one... another, the one... the other א׳⬩⬩⬩א׳ Exodus 17:12; Exodus 18:3, 4; Amos 4:7; 2 Samuel 12:1; Jeremiah 24:2; 2 Chronicles 3:17; Nehemiah 4:11 +; 2 Samuel 14:6 read הָאֶחָד אֶת־אָחִיו for האחד את־האחד Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; one after another, one by one, לְאַחַד אֶחָד Isaiah 27:12 compare Ecclesiastes 7:27.
7. as ordinal, first (mostly P & late) Genesis 1:5 (P) Genesis 2:11 (J) Exodus 39:10 (P); absolute Job 42:14, Ezekiel 10:14 especially of first day of month Exodus 40:2 (P) Ezra 3:6; Ezra 10:16, 17; Nehemiah 8:2; Haggai 1:1; first year, שְׁנַת אַחַת 2 Chronicles 36:22; Ezra 1:1; Daniel 1:21; Daniel 9:1, 2; Daniel 11:1 compare first (day, יוֺם omitted) Genesis 8:5, 13 בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ; so Exodus 40:17; Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 1:18; Numbers 29:1; Numbers 33:38 (all P) Deuteronomy 1:3; 2 Chronicles 29:17; Ezra 7:9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 26:1; Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1; Ezekiel 45:18.
8. in combination,
a. אַחַד עָשָׂר eleven (compare עָשָׂר, עַשְׁתֵּי) Genesis 32:23; Genesis 37:9 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:2; so אַחַת־עֶשְׂרֵה Joshua 15:51 (P) 2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 24:18; 2 Chronicles 36:5, 11; Jeremiah 52:1 (precedes noun, except Joshua 15:51; as ordinal, eleventh אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 31:1 compare 1 Kings 6:38; 2 Kings 9:29;
b. with other numerals, as cardinal אֶחָד וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת Numbers 1:41; compare Numbers 2:16, 28; Numbers 31:34, 39 (all P; א׳ precedes other numeral); but אַרְבָּיִם וְאַחַת שָׁנָה (א׳ following) 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 12:13 compare 2 Kings 22:1 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Kings 24:18＝Jeremiah 52:1 2 Chronicles 36:11; Joshua 12:24 (D) Isaiah 30:17; Ezra 2:26＝Nehemiah 7:30 compare Nehemiah 7:37; Daniel 10:13; as ordinal בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 8:13 (P) Exodus 12:18 (P), 1 Chronicles 24:17; 1 Chronicles 25:28; 2 Chronicles 16:13 (א׳ preceding); but 1 Kings 16:23; Haggai 2:1 (א׳ following).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:5; 1:5; 1:9; 2:11; 2:21; 2:21; 8:5; 8:13; 8:13; 11:1; 11:1; 11:1; 19:9; 21:15; 27:38; 27:44; 27:45; 29:20; 32:23; 37:9; 40:5; 42:13; 42:32

Exodus

12:18; 12:49; 17:12; 18:3; 18:4; 36:30; 39:10; 40:2; 40:17

Leviticus

4:2; 4:13; 16:34; 23:24

Numbers

1:18; 1:41; 2:16; 2:28; 7:3; 7:11; 7:85; 10:4; 10:4; 13:2; 28:21; 29:1; 31:34; 31:39; 33:38

Deuteronomy

1:2; 1:3; 13:13

Joshua

3:12; 4:2; 4:4; 6:3; 6:11; 6:14; 12:24; 15:51; 15:51; 23:10

Judges

16:28; 16:28; 20:8

1 Samuel

1:1; 1:1; 1:24; 6:7; 9:3; 11:7; 24:15; 26:20

2 Samuel

12:1; 12:3; 14:6; 17:3; 17:9; 18:10

1 Kings

4:7; 4:19; 6:38; 14:21; 15:10; 16:23; 19:4; 19:5

2 Kings

4:1; 6:3; 6:5; 6:10; 9:29; 14:23; 15:20; 22:1; 23:36; 24:18; 24:18

1 Chronicles

24:17; 25:28

2 Chronicles

3:17; 9:21; 12:13; 16:13; 29:17; 34:1; 36:5; 36:11; 36:11; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 2:26; 2:64; 3:6; 3:9; 6:20; 7:9; 10:13; 10:16; 10:17

Nehemiah

4:11; 7:30; 7:37; 7:66; 8:2

Esther

3:8

Job

31:15; 31:15; 33:14; 33:14; 40:5; 42:14

Psalms

62:12; 89:36

Proverbs

28:18; 28:18

Ecclesiastes

7:27; 11:6

Isaiah

11:6; 11:7; 27:12; 30:17; 34:16; 65:25

Jeremiah

10:8; 24:2; 52:1; 52:1

Ezekiel

10:14; 26:1; 29:17; 30:20; 31:1; 31:1; 32:1; 33:30; 37:17; 45:18

Daniel

1:21; 9:1; 9:2; 10:13; 11:1; 11:20

Amos

4:7

Haggai

1:1; 2:1

Zechariah

14:9

Malachi

2:10

H259

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Strong's Number H259 matches the Hebrew אֶחָד ('eḥāḏ),
which occurs 976 times in 739 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 9 / 15 (2Sa 6:20–1Ki 11:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one H259 of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any H259 of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - And what one H259 nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:11 - Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one H259 of the king's sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 - And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one H259 city; the one H259 rich, and the other H259 poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had nothing, save one H259 little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one H259 of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 - And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one H259 of them left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one H259 smote the other, H259 and slew him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27 - And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one H259 daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one H259 of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - Behold, he is hid now in some H259 pit, or in some H259 other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:12 - So shall we come upon him in some H259 place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. H259

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22 - Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them H259 that was not gone over Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10 - And a certain H259 man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11 - And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a H259 girdle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14 - And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one H259 man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:8 - These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one H259 time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:12 - Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one H259 of them, that I may do it unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:16 - And now I ask one H259 petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20 - Then she said, I desire one H259 small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17 - And the one H259 woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one H259 house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:25 - And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, H259 and half to the other. H259

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:7 - And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man H259 his month in a year made provision.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:19 - Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only H259 officer which was in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:22 - And Solomon's provision for one H259 day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - And five cubits was the one H259 wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one H259 measure and one H259 size.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26 - The height of the one H259 cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27 - And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one H259 touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one H259 door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:38 - And in the eleventh H259 year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 - For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: H259 and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16 - And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one H259 chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:17 - And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one H259 chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:18 - And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one H259 network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27 - And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one H259 base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:30 - And every H259 base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:32 - And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a H259 wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:34 - And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one H259 base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:37 - After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one H259 casting, one H259 measure, and one H259 size.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 - Then made he ten lavers of brass: one H259 laver contained forty baths: and every H259 laver was four cubits: and upon every one H259 of the ten bases one H259 laver.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:42 - And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one H259 network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:44 - And one H259 sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56 - Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one H259 word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one H259 year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:16 - And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one H259 target.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one H259 shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once H259 in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:13 - Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one H259 tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

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