Lexical Definition
ἕκαστος hékastos (hek'-as-tos) each G:A
as if a superlative of
any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly.
- each or every
Abbott-Smith
* ἕκαστος, -η, ὂν, [in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ;]
each, every (Lat. quisque) ;
(a) with a noun: Lk 6:44, Jo 19:23, seq. κατά, He 3:13, Re 22:2; εἷς ἕ., Eph 4:16;
(b) without a noun: Ac 4:35, Ro 2:6, al.;
(c) partit. gen., Ro 14:12, I Co 1:12, al.; in sing, with pl. verb, Lk 2:3, Ac 11:29, al.; in apposition with pl. noun or pron., Lk 2:3, Jo 16:32, Ac 2:8 3:26, al.; εἷς ἕ. (Lat. unusquisque), Ac 2:6 21:26, Col 4:6, al; ἕ. τι ἀδελφῷ (= Heb. אִישׁ לְאָחִיו, Ge 26:31), Mt 18:35 (cf. He 8:11); ἕ. μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον (= אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ, Jg 6:29, al.), Eph 4:25.
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 26:31 |
| Judges | 6:29 |
| Matthew | 18:35 |
| Luke | 2:3 · 6:44 |
| John | 16:32 · 19:23 |
| Acts | 2:6 · 2:8 · 3:26 · 4:35 · 11:29 · 21:26 |
| Romans | 2:6 · 14:12 |
| 1 Corinthians | 1:12 |
| Ephesians | 4:16 · 4:25 |
| Colossians | 4:6 |
| Hebrews | 3:13 · 8:11 |
| Revelation | 22:2 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ἕκαστος, η, ον,
each, opposed to the whole body, [ἕκαστος">Refs 8th c.BC+] they went home each to his own house,[ἕκαστος 5.878, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.158 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Attic dialect, [ἕκαστος ἐπίστασθε ἀγαθόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 3.3 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: singular in apposition with plural Noun or pronoun, which expresses the whole, Τρῶας δὲ τρόμος αἰνὸς ὑπήλυθε γυῖα ἕκαστον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἱ ἄλλαι πᾶσαι [τέχναι] τὸ αὑτῆς ἑκάστη ἔργον ἐργάζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅστις ἕκαστος every one which.. (nisi to be read ὥς τις), [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 the Article is sometimes added to the substantive (so regularly in earlier Attic dialect Inscrr., [ἕκαστος agrees, in which case ἕκαστος is commonly put first, καθ᾽ ἑ. τὴν ἡμέραν">Refs] every single day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also following the substantive, κατὰ τὸν οξπλίτην ἕκαστον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II in plural, all and each severally, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἷστισιν ἑκάστοις to whichsoever severally, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 each of two or more groups or parties, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III strengthened by the addition of other Prons., εἷς ἕ. (see. εἷς); εἷς τις ἕ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕκαστός τις each one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]all in exact detail, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.2 with Preps., especially κατά, καθ᾽ ἕκαστον singly, by itself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ καθ᾽ ἕ., τὰ καθ᾽ ἕκαστα, particulars, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ ἕκαστον, παρ᾽ ἕκαστα, in every case, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ ἕκαστον λέγων constantly interjecting, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.3 ὡς ἕκαστοι each by himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV later, ={ἑκάτερος}, [Refs 1st c.BC+]