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εἷς
heîs · Greek · Strong's G1520 · 336 occurrences
The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “man”
What it means
one
a primary numeral;
How the KJV renders it
certain, man, one, only, other, some
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“man”
also renders ánthrōpos (G444), anḗr (G435), árrhēn (G730), téleios (G5046), anthrṓpinos (G442), ischyrós (G2478), oudeís (G3762), ʼîysh (H376), ʼĕnâsh (H606), bâgad (H898), bîyn (H995), baʻal (H1167), gibbôwr (H1368), geber (H1397), gᵉbar (H1399), gᵉbar (H1400), châkâm (H2450), chârash (H2790), nephesh (H5315), rôʼsh (H7218), rab (H7227), rêyq (H7386), raʻ (H7451), râʻaʻ (H7489)
“one”
also renders tìs (G5100), állos (G243), eirḗnē (G1515), hékastos (G1538), héteros (G2087), ʼechâd (H259), ʼîysh (H376), ʼalmônîy (H492), ʼishshâh (H802), gibbôwr (H1368), gam (H1571), chad (H2297), chad (H2298), yâpheh (H3303), nephesh (H5315), pᵉthîy (H6612), rab (H7227), rûwm (H7311), rak (H7390), raʻ (H7451)
“certain”
“only”
Questions this word decides
- Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Are head coverings commanded in worship?
- Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
Where it appears
336 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 3:8 A-NSN1 Corinthians 4:6 A-GSM1 Corinthians 6:16 A-ASF1 Corinthians 6:17 A-NSN1 Corinthians 8:4 A-NSM1 Corinthians 8:6 A-NSM1 Corinthians 9:24 A-NSM1 Corinthians 10:8 A-DSF1 Corinthians 10:17 A-GSM1 Corinthians 11:5 A-NSN1 Corinthians 12:9 A-DSN1 Corinthians 12:11 A-NSN1 Corinthians 12:12 A-NSN1 Corinthians 12:13 A-ASN1 Corinthians 12:14 A-NSN1 Corinthians 12:18 A-NSN1 Corinthians 12:19 A-NSN1 Corinthians 12:20 A-NSN1 Corinthians 12:26 A-NSN1 Corinthians 14:27 A-NSM1 Corinthians 14:31 A-ASM1 Corinthians 16:2 A-ASF1 John 5:8 A-ASN1 Thessalonians 2:11 A-ASM1 Thessalonians 5:11 A-ASM1 Timothy 2:5 A-NSM1 Timothy 3:2 A-GSF1 Timothy 3:12 A-GSF1 Timothy 5:9 A-GSM2 Corinthians 5:15 A-NSM2 Corinthians 11:2 A-DSM2 Corinthians 11:24 A-ASF2 Peter 3:8 A-NSF2 Thessalonians 1:3 A-GSMActs 1:22 A-ASMActs 1:24 A-ASMActs 2:3 A-ASMActs 2:6 A-NSMActs 4:32 A-NSFActs 11:28 A-NSMActs 12:10 A-ASFActs 17:26 A-GSNActs 17:27 A-GSMActs 19:34 A-NSFActs 20:7 A-DSFActs 20:31 A-ASMActs 21:7 A-ASFActs 21:19 A-ASNActs 21:26 A-GSMActs 23:6 A-NSNActs 23:17 A-ASMActs 24:21 A-GSFActs 28:13 A-ASFActs 28:25 A-ASNColossians 3:15 A-DSNColossians 4:6 A-DSMEphesians 2:14 A-ASNEphesians 2:15 A-ASMEphesians 2:16 A-DSNEphesians 2:18 A-DSN
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.