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εἷς heis

“one” · 345 times in the New Testament

Through the Bible

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  • “one” 210
  • “a” 17
  • “single” 13
  • “one man” 10
  • “other” 7
  • other ways 88
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew66
Mark44
Luke43
John40
Acts21
Romans20
1 Corinthians31
2 Corinthians3
Galatians8
Ephesians15
Philippians4
Colossians2
1 Thessalonians3
2 Thessalonians1
1 Timothy5
Titus2
Hebrews5
James3
2 Peter3
1 John1
Revelation25

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. one210
  2. a17
  3. single13
  4. one man10
  5. other7
  6. first day6
  7. Not translated: the English carries it without a word5
  8. each4
  9. only one4
  10. alone3
  11. an3
  12. another3
  13. 50 other ways60

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“one” 210
  • Matthew 41

    • 5:19 …So then whoever breaks one of the least of…
    • 5:29 …for you to lose one part of your body…
    • 5:30 …for you to lose one part of your body…
    • 5:41 …forces you to go one mile go with him…
    • 6:24 …he will hate the one and love the other…
    • 6:24 …will be devoted to the one and despise the other…
    • 6:29 …glory was adorned like one of these…
    • 8:19 …And one of the scribes came…
    • 10:29 …a penny Yet not one of them will fall…
    • 10:42 …cup of cold water to one of these little ones…
    • 13:46 …When he found one very precious pearl he…
    • 16:14 …still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets…
    • 17:4 …put up three shelters one for You one for…
    • 17:4 …shelters one for You one for Moses and one…
    • 17:4 …one for Moses and one for Elijah…
    • 18:6 …But if anyone causes one of these little ones…
    • 18:12 …a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray…
    • 18:16 …will not listen take one or two others along…
    • 18:28 …went out he found one of his fellow servants…
    • 19:5 …the two will become one flesh…
    • 19:6 …no longer two but one flesh Therefore what God…
    • 20:13 …But he answered one of them Friend I…
    • 20:21 …that in Your kingdom one of these two sons…
    • 21:24 …will also ask you one question Jesus replied and…
    • 22:35 One of them an expert…
    • 23:8 …Rabbi for you have one Teacher and you are…
    • 23:9 …father for you have one Father who is in…
    • 23:10 …instructors for you have one Instructor the Christ…
    • 24:40 …be in the field one will be taken and…
    • 24:41 …grinding at the mill one will be taken and…
    • 25:24 …who had received the one talent came and said…
    • 25:40 …you whatever you did for one of the least of…
    • 25:45 …you did not do for one of the least of…
    • 26:14 …Then one of the Twelve the…
    • 26:21 …Truly I tell you one of you will betray…
    • 26:22 …began to ask Him one after another Surely not…
    • 26:40 …keep watch with Me for one hour He asked Peter…
    • 26:47 …was still speaking Judas one of the Twelve arrived…
    • 26:51 …At this one of Jesus companions drew…
    • 27:38 …were crucified with Him one on His right and…
    • 27:48 One of them quickly ran…
  • Mark 28

    • 4:8 …and produced a crop one bearing thirtyfold another sixtyfold…
    • 6:15 …is a prophet like one of the prophets of…
    • 8:14 …take bread except for one loaf they had with…
    • 8:28 …Elijah and still others one of the prophets…
    • 9:5 …put up three shelters one for You one for…
    • 9:5 …shelters one for You one for Moses and one…
    • 9:5 …one for Moses and one for Elijah…
    • 9:37 …Whoever welcomes one of these little children…
    • 9:42 …But if anyone causes one of these little ones…
    • 10:8 …the two will become one flesh So they are…
    • 10:8 …no longer two but one flesh…
    • 10:37 …They answered Grant that one of us may sit…
    • 11:29 …I will ask you one question Jesus replied and…
    • 12:6 …Finally having one beloved son he sent…
    • 12:28 …Now one of the scribes had…
    • 12:29 …God the Lord is One
    • 12:32 …correctly that God is One and there is no…
    • 12:42 …Then one poor widow came and…
    • 13:1 …was leaving the temple one of His disciples said…
    • 14:10 …Then Judas Iscariot one of the Twelve went…
    • 14:18 …Truly I tell you one of you who is…
    • 14:19 …and to ask Him one after another Surely not…
    • 14:37 …able to keep watch for one hour…
    • 14:43 …was still speaking Judas one of the Twelve arrived…
    • 14:47 …And one of the bystanders drew…
    • 14:66 …in the courtyard below one of the servant girls…
    • 15:27 …they crucified two robbers one on His right and…
    • 15:27 …on His right and one on His left…
  • Luke 11

    • 4:40 …His hands on each one He healed them…
    • 5:12 …While Jesus was in one of the towns a…
    • 5:17 One day Jesus was teaching…
    • 7:41 …to a certain moneylender One owed him five hundred…
    • 8:22 One day Jesus said to…
    • 9:33 …put up three shelters one for You one for…
    • 9:33 …shelters one for You one for Moses and one…
    • 9:33 …one for Moses and one for Elijah He did…
    • 12:6 …two pennies Yet not one of them is forgotten…
    • 12:27 …glory was adorned like one of these…
    • 12:52 …now on five in one household will be divided…

And 130 more, on the full page.

“a” 17
  • Matthew 7

    • 5:18 …a single jot not a stroke of a pen…
    • 9:18 …was saying these things a synagogue leader came and…
    • 12:11 …one of you has a sheep and it falls…
    • 18:5 …And whoever welcomes a little child like this…
    • 21:19 …Seeing a fig tree by the…
    • 26:69 …in the courtyard and a servant girl came up…
    • 27:15 …release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing…
  • Mark 3

    • 4:20 …crop thirtyfold sixtyfold or a hundredfold…
    • 5:22 A synagogue leader named Jairus…
    • 15:6 …release to the people a prisoner of their choosing…
  • Luke 2

    • 11:46 …yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their…
    • 15:15 …and hired himself out to a citizen of that country…
  • Acts 1

    • 21:7 …and stayed with them for a day…
  • 2 Peter 2

    • 3:8 …notice With the Lord a day is like a…
    • 3:8 …thousand years are like a day…
  • Revelation 2

    • 9:13 …trumpet and I heard a voice from the four…
    • 18:21 …Then a mighty angel picked up…
“single” 13
  • Matthew 5

    • 5:18 …earth pass away not a single jot not a stroke…
    • 5:36 …for you cannot make a single hair white or black…
    • 6:27 …by worrying can add a single hour to his life…
    • 23:15 …and sea to win a single convert and when he…
    • 27:14 …answer not even to a single charge much to the…
  • Luke 1

    • 16:17 …pass away than for a single stroke of a pen…
  • Galatians 1

    • 5:14 …law is fulfilled in a single decree Love your neighbor…
  • Hebrews 2

    • 10:14 …because by a single offering He has made…
    • 12:16 …like Esau who for a single meal sold his birthright…
  • Revelation 4

    • 18:10 …of Babylon For in a single hour your judgment has…
    • 18:17 …For in a single hour such fabulous wealth…
    • 18:19 …by her wealth For in a single hour she has been…
    • 21:21 …each gate consisting of a single pearl The main street…
“one man” 10
  • Acts 1

    • 17:26 …From one man He made every nation…
  • Romans 7

    • 5:15 …the trespass of the one man how much more did…
    • 5:16 …like the result of the one man’s sin The judgment that…
    • 5:17 …the trespass of the one man death reigned through that…
    • 5:17 …death reigned through that one man how much more will…
    • 5:17 …in life through the one man Jesus Christ…
    • 5:19 …the obedience of the one man the many will be…
    • 9:10 …children were conceived by one man our father Isaac…
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 4:6 …not take pride in one man over another…
  • Hebrews 1

    • 11:12 …And so from one man and he as good…
“other” 7
  • Matthew 4

    • 20:21 …Your right hand and the other at Your left…
    • 24:40 …will be taken and the other left…
    • 24:41 …will be taken and the other left…
    • 27:38 …on His right and the other on His left…
  • Mark 1

    • 10:37 …Your right hand and the other at Your left in…
  • John 1

    • 20:12 …at the head and the other at the feet…
  • Galatians 1

    • 4:22 …the slave woman and the other by the free woman…
“first day” 6
  • Matthew 1

    • 28:1 …Sabbath at dawn on the first day of the week Mary…
  • Mark 1

    • 16:2 …Very early on the first day of the week just…
  • Luke 1

    • 24:1 …On the first day of the week very…
  • John 1

    • 20:1 …Early on the first day of the week while…
  • Acts 1

    • 20:7 …On the first day of the week we…
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 16:2 On the first day of every week each…
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 5
“only one” 4
  • Matthew 2

    • 19:17 …Jesus replied There is only One who is good If…
    • 20:12 …were hired last worked only one hour they said and…
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 9:24 …the runners run but only one receives the prize Run…
  • James 1

    • 4:12 …There is only one Lawgiver and Judge the…
“each” 4
  • Acts 2

    • 2:3 …came to rest on each of them…
    • 21:26 …would be made for each of them…
  • Revelation 2

    • 4:8 …And each of the four living…
    • 4:8 …And each of the four living…
“alone” 3
  • Mark 2

    • 2:7 …forgive sins but God alone
    • 10:18 …is good except God alone
  • Luke 1

    • 18:19 …is good except God alone
“another” 3
  • Mark 3

    • 4:8 …crop one bearing thirtyfold another sixtyfold and another a…
    • 4:8 …thirtyfold another sixtyfold and another a hundredfold…
    • 14:19 …ask Him one after another Surely not I…
“an” 3
  • Luke 1

    • 22:59 …About an hour later another man…
  • Revelation 2

    • 8:13 …I observed I heard an eagle flying overhead calling…
    • 19:17 …Then I saw an angel standing in the…
“united” 3
  • John 1

    • 17:23 …they may be perfectly united so that the world…
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 12:12 …The body is a unit though it is composed…
  • Revelation 1

    • 17:17 …out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom…
“first” 3
  • John 1

    • 20:19 …It was the first day of the week…
  • Titus 1

    • 3:10 …a divisive man after a first and second admonition…
  • Revelation 1

    • 9:12 …The first woe has passed Behold…
“any” 2
  • Matthew 2

    • 18:10 …not look down on any of these little ones…
    • 18:14 …is not willing that any of these little ones…
“man” 2
  • Matthew 1

    • 19:16 …Just then a man came up to Jesus…
  • Mark 1

    • 10:17 …started on His way a man ran up and knelt…
“one talent” 2
  • Matthew 2

    • 25:15 …talents and to another one talent each according to his…
    • 25:18 …who had received the one talent went off dug a…
“someone” 2
  • Mark 1

    • 9:17 Someone in the crowd replied…
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 14:27 …speak in turn and someone must interpret…
“there is one thing” 2
  • Mark 1

    • 10:21 …and said to him There is one thing you lack Go sell…
  • John 1

    • 9:25 …I do not know There is one thing I do know I…
“there is one” 2
  • Ephesians 1

    • 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit…
  • 1 Timothy 1

    • 2:5 …For there is one God and there is…
“him” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 18:24 …thousand talents was brought to him
“one of” 1
  • Mark 1

    • 14:20 …He answered It is one of the Twelve the one…
“thing” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 10:42 …But thing is necessary Mary has…
“one after another” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 14:18 …But one after another they all began to…
“one was” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 18:10 …the temple to pray One was a Pharisee and the…
“one thing” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 18:22 …him You still lack one thing Sell everything you own…
“one of them” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 24:18 One of them named Cleopas asked Him…
“nothing” 1
  • John 1

    • 1:3 …made and without Him nothing was made that has…
“only what” 1
  • John 1

    • 3:27 …A man can receive only what is given him from…
“only” 1
  • John 1

    • 8:41 …children they declared Our only Father is God Himself…
“among” 1
  • John 1

    • 12:2 …served and Lazarus was among those reclining at the…
“one prisoner” 1
  • John 1

    • 18:39 …I release to you one prisoner at the Passover So…
“separate” 1
  • John 1

    • 20:7 …was rolled up lying separate from the linen cloths…
“all of them” 1
  • John 1

    • 21:25 …that Jesus did If all of them were written down I…
“which” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 1:24 …everyone’s heart Show us which of these two You…
“all shouted in unison” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 19:34 …he was a Jew they all shouted in unison for about two hours…
“you” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 20:31 …never stopped warning each of you night and day with…
“some of them” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 23:6 …Then Paul knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the…
“final” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 28:25 …after Paul had made this final statement The Holy Spirit…
“one sin” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 5:16 …The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation but the…
“belongs to one” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 12:5 …body and each member belongs to one another…
“one in purpose” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 3:8 …he who waters are one in purpose and each will be…
“not take pride” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 4:6 …what is written Then you will not take pride in one man over…
“one with her” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 6:16 …with a prostitute is one with her in body For it…
“one with him” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 6:17 …with the Lord is one with Him in spirit…
“there is but one” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 8:6 …yet for us there is but one God the Father from…
“just as if” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 11:5 …head for it is just as if her head were shaved…
“turn” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 14:31 …can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may…
“only one party” 1
  • Galatians 1

    • 3:20 …mediator is unnecessary however for only one party but God is one…
“one covenant” 1
  • Galatians 1

    • 4:24 …women represent two covenants One covenant is from Mount Sinai…
“individual” 1
  • Ephesians 1

    • 4:16 …the work of each individual part…
“each one” 1
  • Ephesians 1

    • 5:33 …Nevertheless each one of you also must…
“as one” 1
  • Philippians 1

    • 1:27 …one spirit contending together as one for the faith of…
“purpose” 1
  • Philippians 1

    • 2:2 …united in spirit and purpose
“one thing i do” 1
  • Philippians 1

    • 3:13 …hold of it But one thing I do Forgetting what is behind…
“everyone” 1
  • Colossians 1

    • 4:6 …know how to answer everyone
“another up” 1
  • 1 Thessalonians 1

    • 5:11 …encourage and build one another up just as you are…
“your” 1
  • 2 Thessalonians 1

    • 1:3 …more and more and your love for one another…
“faithful” 1
  • 1 Timothy 1

    • 5:9 …least sixty years old faithful to her husband…
“same family” 1
  • Hebrews 1

    • 2:11 …are sanctified are of the same family So Jesus is not…
“just one point” 1
  • James 1

    • 2:10 …law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking…
“agreement” 1
  • 1 John 1

    • 5:8 …these three are in agreement

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.