heis · one

What it means

heis (εἷς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “one”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
2. Just one, or united as one.
3. A certain one, someone; or the first: “the first day of the week.”

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

One. Abbott-Smith also gives “a single one” and “one and the same”.

• One of a group: “one of the Twelve” Mark 14:10
• “The Lord is one”; “one God” Mark 12:291 Corinthians 8:6
• Unity: “I and the Father are one” John 10:30
• “The first day of the week” Matthew 28:1
• “One… and one” Matthew 24:40

How we translate it

“One” 305 times, “each” 9, “first day” 6, “single” 4, “alone” 3. Where the Greek counts days as Hebrew does, “day one of the week”, it is translated “the first day of the week” (Matthew 28:1); where it stresses that there is no other, “one” stands on its own (“one God… and one Lord”, 1 Corinthians 8:6).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• one ×305
• each ×9
• first day ×6
• single ×4
• a ×3
• alone ×3
• first ×3
• an ×2
• agreement ×1
• alike ×1
• others ×5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×66
• Mark×44
• Luke×43
• John×38
• Acts×21
• Romans×20
• 1 Corinthians×30
• 2 Corinthians×3
• Galatians×8
• Ephesians×15
• Philippians×4
• Colossians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×3
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×5
• Titus×2
• Hebrews×5
• James×3
• 2 Peter×3
• 1 John×1
• Revelation×25

• Matthew 5:18

  For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or one stroke will ever pass from the law until all things take place.

• Matthew 5:19

  So whoever breaks one of these least commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, this one will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

• Matthew 5:29

  And if your right eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.

• Matthew 5:30

  And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body go off into Gehenna.

• Matthew 5:36

  Nor swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

• Matthew 5:41

  And whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

• Matthew 6:24

  “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold on to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

• Matthew 6:27

  And which of you, by worrying, can add a single cubit to his span of life?

• Matthew 6:29

  yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

• Matthew 8:19

  And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

• Matthew 9:18

  While he was saying these things to them, look, a ruler came and was bowing down before him, saying, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

• Matthew 10:29

  Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

• Matthew 10:42

  And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

• Matthew 12:11

  But he said to them, “What man will there be among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

• Matthew 13:46

  and finding one very valuable pearl, he went away and sold all that he had and bought it.

• Matthew 16:14

  And they said, “Some say John the Immerser, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

• Matthew 17:4

  And Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

• Matthew 18:5

  And whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.

• Matthew 18:6

  But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him that a donkey’s millstone be hung around his neck and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.

• Matthew 18:10

  See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 18:12

  What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is going astray?

• Matthew 18:14

  So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

• Matthew 18:16

  But if he does not listen, take with you one or two more, so that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

• Matthew 18:24

  And when he began to settle them, one debtor was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents.

• Matthew 18:28

  But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him, he was choking him, saying, ‘Pay back whatever you owe!’

• Matthew 19:5

  and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

• Matthew 19:6

  So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

• Matthew 19:16

  And look, one man came to him and said, “Teacher, what good thing must I do so that I may have eternal life?”

• Matthew 19:17

  And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

• Matthew 20:12

  saying, ‘These last ones worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’

• Matthew 20:13

  But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

• Matthew 20:21

  And he said to her, “What do you want?” She says to him, “Say that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right and one at your left, in your kingdom.”

• Matthew 21:19

  And seeing a single fig tree by the road, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and he says to it, “May no more fruit come from you, forever.” And the fig tree withered immediately.

• Matthew 21:24

  And Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, which, if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

• Matthew 22:35

  And one of them, a lawyer, asked a question, testing him:

• Matthew 23:8

  But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

• Matthew 23:9

  And do not call anyone on earth your father, for one is your Father, the heavenly one.

• Matthew 23:10

  Nor be called instructors, because your instructor is one, the Messiah.

• Matthew 23:15

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him a son of Gehenna twice as much as you.

• Matthew 24:40

  Then two will be in the field; one is taken and one is left.

And 302 more times.