Lexical Definition

‎εἷς‎ heîs (hice) one ^G:A-NUI
a primary numeral

a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some.

Abbott-Smith

εἷς, μιά, ἕν, gen. ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός,
cardinal numeral, one;
1. one, as opp. to many: Mt 25:15, Ro 5:12, I Co 10:8, al.; as subst., Ro 5:15, Eph 2:14; id. c. gen. partit., Mt 5:19, al.; seq. ἐκ (ἐξ), Mk 14:18, Jo 6:8, al.; metaph., of union and concord, Jo 10:30 17:11, Ro 12:4, 5, Phl 1:27; ἀπὸ μιᾶς (B1., § 44, 1), Lk 14:18; c. neg., εἷς. . . οὐ (μή), more emphatic than οὐδείς, no one, none (cl.), Mt 5:18 10:29, Lk 11:46 12:6.
2. Emphati­cally, to the exclusion of others;
(a) a single (one): Mt 21:24, Mk 8:14; absol., I Co 9:24, al.; οὐδὲ εἷς, Mt 27:14, Jo 1:3, Ro 3:10, al.;
(b) one, alone: Mk 2:7 10:18, Lk 18:19;
(c) one and the same: Ro 3:30, I Co 3:8 11:5 12:11, I Jo 5:8.
3. In late Gk., with weakened force, = τις or indef. art. (of. Heb. אֶחָד, Ge 22:13, al.; v. B1., § 45, 2; M, Pr., 96 f.): Mt 8:19 19:6, Re 8:13, al.; εἷς τις (Bl., l.c.), Lk 22:50, Jo 11:49
4. Distributively: εἷς καστος (cl.), Lk 4:40, Ac 2:6, al.; εἷς . . . καὶ εἷς (cl., εἷς μὲν . . . εἷς δέ), Mt 17:4, Mk 9:5, Jo 20:12, al. (cf. LXX and use of Heb. אֶחָד, Ex 17:12, al); ὁ εἷς . . . ὁ ἕτερος (ἄλλος) = cl. ὁ μὲν (ἕτερος) . . . ὁ δέ (ἕτερος), Mt 6:24, Lk 7:41, Re 17:10; καθ’ εἷς, εἷς κ. είς (in which καθ’ is adverbial, or the expression formed from the analogy of ἕν καθ’ ἔν; M, Pr., 105), one by one, severally: Mk 14:19, Ro 12:5, al.; εἷς τὸν ἕνα = ἀλλήλους (B1., 45, 2; M, Pr., 246), I Th 5:11.
5. As ordinal = πρῶτος (like Heb. אֶחָד; Bl., § 45, 1; M, Pr., 95 f.), first: Mt 28:1, Mk 16:2, al.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

εἷς, μίᾰ, ἕν

(μίη only in late Ionic dialect Prose): genitive ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός:—Epic dialect ἕεις [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Doric dialect ἧς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—Epic dialect, Aeolic dialect, and Ionic dialect feminine ἴᾰ [Refs 8th c.BC+]: neuter dative (ἰῷ κίον ἤματι) [εἷς, οὐδὲ (μηδὲ) ἕν, occur, mostly at the end of an iambic trimeter, without elision, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 302, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 927, “Pl.” 37, 138, +others)">Refs 5th c.BC+] (Orig. ἕνς, assim. ἔν (δ) probably in [Refs] Indo-European sem-(compare ὁμός); μία from sm-ί; ἴα is not related to μία, but probably to pronominal stem i-(Latin is), compareἰός.)

__1 as a Numeral, εἷς κοίρανος ἔστω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; strengthened, εἷς οἶος, μία οἴη, a single
__A one, one alone,[εἷς μοῦνος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1053, etc.; εἷς καὶ μόνος 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.74; εἷς ὤν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 247, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 894, etc.; opposed to πολύς, μία τὰς πολλὰς ψυχὰς ὀλέσασα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1456, compare 1465, “Ch.” 299, etc. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__b emphatically with a superlative, εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος [εἷς ἀνὴρ πλεῖστον..πόνον παρασχών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 327; πλείστας ἀνὴρ εἷς.. ἔγημε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 460; κάλλιστ᾽ ἀνὴρ εἷς [prev. author] “OT” 1380; ἕνακριθέντ᾽ ἄριστον [prev. author] “Ph.” 1344 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in Prose, ἐπὶ πλεῖστον δὴ χλιδῆς εἷς ἀνὴρ ἀπίκετο [εἷς ἀνὴρ μεγίστων αἴτιος κακῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.143 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: without a superlative, Ἐτεοκλέης ἂν εἷς πολὺς κατὰ πτόλιν ὑμνοῖθ᾽ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__c in oppos., made emphatic by the Article, ὁ εἷς, ἡ μία, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__d with a negative, εἷς οὐδείς no single man, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐν ἄλλῳ ἑνί γε χωρίῳ in no other single country, [Refs]; οὐχ εἷς, i.e. more than one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἷς οὐ.., εἷς μή.., emphatic for οὐδείς, μηδείς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; more emphatic, οὐδὲ εἷς, μηδὲ εἷς, see at {οὐδείς},{μηδείς}.
__e εἷς ἕκαστος each one, each by himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴσθησις μία ἑνός (i.e. γένους) one of each, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__f with κατά, καθ᾽ ἓν ἕκαστον each singly, piece by piece, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἕν one by one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἕν, τό, list, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ἕν᾽ ἡμῶν ἕκαστον ἀποστερεῖν to deprive each of us singly, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἷς κατὰ εἷς one by one, [NT]; but καθ᾽ ἓν γίγνεσθαι, εἶναι, to be united, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__g with other Preps., ἓν ἀνθ᾽ ἑνός above all,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; but μίαν ἀντὶ μιᾶς alternately, [Refs], etc.; ἐπὶ μίαν ἑκάστην ῥάβδον τιθέντες θεσπίζουσι one by one, separately, [εἷς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.131: παρ᾽ ἕνα ">Refs 5th c.BC+]alternately, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ μιᾶς with one accord, [NT]at once, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare ὑφέν.
__h in compound numerals, as an ordinal, τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ τριηκοστῷ [ἔτει] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Attic dialect Inscrr., [εἷς">Refs] alone,=first, [LXX]
__i μίαν μίαν, ={κατὰ μίαν}, [εἷς εἷς LXX.1Chr.24.6. ">LXX+5th c.BC+]
__i.2 one, i.e. the same, τώ μοι μία γείνατο μήτηρ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἷς καὶ ὁ αὐτός one and the same, ἓν καὶ ταὐτὸν ἀριθμῷ [εἷς καὶ κοινός 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.699f: with \_dative\_, ἐμοὶ μιᾶς ἐγένετ᾽ ἐκ ματρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 156; ἐκ μιᾶς οἰνοχόης Ἐπικούρῳ πεπωκότες 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1089a. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__i.2.b possessing unity, ἧττον μία ἡ μίμησις ἡ τῶν ἐποποιῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__i.3 one, opposed to another, ἓν μὲν..ἓν δὲ.. [εἷς δὲ..εἷς δ᾽ αὖ.. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.421 {εἷσα}, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d; εἷς μὲν..ἕτερος δὲ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.23. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__i.4 indefinitely, εἷς τις some one, [εἷς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 269, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 145d ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἷς γάρ τις ἦν ἕκαστος οὑξειργασμένος each single one was suspected, [εἷς ὁστισοῦν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1325b28 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἷς ὁ πρῶτος, [Refs 1st c.BC+] der erste beste, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: alone, like our indefinite Article, a, an, Κάδμου θυγατέρων μιᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἷς κάπηλος, στρατηγός, [εἷς Ἀθηναίων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.87, cf. LXX.Gen.21.15, NT.Matt.21.19, etc.">NT+5th c.BC+]; εἷς ἀπό.. [LXX]
__i.5 οὐχ εἷς many, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐχ εἷς οὐδὲ δύο not one or two only, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐ μίαν οὐδὲ δύο not once nor twice, [εἷς ἢ δεύτερος 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 6.190d: proverbial, εἷς ἀνὴρ οὐδεὶς ἀνήρ">LXX+2nd c.BC+] one man's no man, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__i.6 in Mathematics texts, τὸ ἕν unity, opposed to πλῆθος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]units, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__i.7 Philos., ἕν, τό, unity, the One, ἐκ πάντων ἓν καὶ ἐξ ἑνὸς πάντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: later indeclinable, ἓν εἶναι τοῦ ἓν παρουσίᾳ [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Mark.14.19 ☩ Luke.14.18 ☩ LXX.Gen.1.5 ☩ LXX.1Chr.24.6 ☩ LXX.Gen.21.15 ☩ Matt.21.19 ☩ LXX.Lev.6.3}