chad · one, first

What it means

chad (חַד) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “one, first”.

One (Aramaic); also "first" and, as an adverb, "at once". Related to the Hebrew "echad".

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 number one; also used to say "a" or "a single".
2. The first in a series, like a king's first year.
3. All together, at one time; with a number, so many times.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• one ×4
• first ×3
• a ×1
• all together ×1
• letter ×1
• moment ×1
• scroll ×1
• seven times ×1
• was there ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Ezra×4
• Daniel×10

• Ezra 4:8

  Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:

• Ezra 5:13

  However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order to build this house of Elah.

• Ezra 6:2

  And there was found in Ecbatana, in the fortress that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and thus was written in it: “Memorial:

• Ezra 6:3

  In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king gave an order: Concerning the house of Elah in Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they sacrifice sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid; its height, sixty cubits; its width, sixty cubits;

• Daniel 2:9

  that if you do not make known to me the dream, there is one law for you; and a lying word and corrupt you have agreed to speak before me until the time changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”

• Daniel 2:31

  You, O king, were looking, and look, a great image was there, that image was large and its brightness extraordinary; it stood before you, and its appearance was terrifying.

• Daniel 2:35

  Then were crushed all together the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, and they became like the chaff of the threshing floors of summer; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled all the earth.

• Daniel 3:19

  Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He answered and said to heat the furnace seven times more than it was customary to heat it.

• Daniel 4:19

  Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for about a moment, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream and its interpretation trouble you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your adversaries!

• Daniel 6:2

  and over them three supervisors, of whom Daniel was one, so that these satraps might give them account, and the king might not suffer loss.

• Daniel 6:17

  And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his signet ring and with the signet ring of his nobles, so that nothing might be changed in the matter regarding Daniel.

• Daniel 7:1

  In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head on his bed; then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

• Daniel 7:5

  And look, another beast, a second, like a bear, and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and they were saying this to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’

• Daniel 7:16

  I came near to one of those standing there and was asking him the truth about all this; and he spoke to me and made known to me the interpretation of the matters: