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 10:3017:11, 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 5:1810:29, Lk 11:4612:6.
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 2:710:18, Lk 18:19;
(c) one and the same: Ro 3:30, I Co 3:811:512:11, 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 8:1919:6, Re 8:13, al.; εἷςτις (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.