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G1538 ἕκαστος (hékastos)
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ἕκαστος, η, ον Adj each, every one

Strong's Definition

as if a superlative of hekas (afar); each or every

KJV Usage: any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -η, -ον

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἕκαστος, -7, -ov, Sept. for wx, [fr. Hom. down], each, a. joined to a substantive: ἕκαστον δένδρον, Lk. vi. 44; ἑκάστῳ στρατιώτῃ, Jn. xix. 23; κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον, every month, Rev. xxii. 2 [not Ree.]; καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, Leb. iii. 13; ef. W. 111 (106); B. § 127, 30. preceded by εἷς, Lat. unusquisque, every one: with a substantive, Eph. iv. 16; Rev. xxii. 2 Ree. b. used substantively: Jn. vii. 53 [Rec.]; Acts iv. 35; Ro. ii. 6; Gal. vi. 4, ete.; once plur. ἕκαστοι : Rev. vi. 11 Ree. With a partitive genitive added: ἡμῶν, Ro. xiv. 12; ὑμῶν, Lk. xiii. 15; 1 Co. 1. 12; Heb. vi. 11; αὐτῶν, Jn. vi. 7 [ἢ ΟἹ; τῶν σπερμάτων, 1 Co. xv. 38. εἷς ἕκαστος, every one (see εἷς, 4 b.): without a partit. gen., Acts xx. 31; Col. iv. 6; with a partit. gen., Lk. iv. 40; Acts ii. 3; xvil. 27; 1 Co. xii. 18, ete. €xaoros, when it denotes individually, every one of many, is often added appositively to nouns and pronouns and verbs in the plural number, (Matthiae ii. p. 764 sq.; [W. 516 (481); B. 131 (114)]): ἡμεῖς ἀκούομεν ἕκαστος, Acts 11. 8; σκορevery; πισθῆτε ἕκαστος, Jn. xvi. 32; ἐπορεύοντο mavres..., ἕκαστος ..., Lk. ii. 3; add, Acts iii. 26; 1 Pet. iv. 10; Rey. v. 8; xx. 13; likewise eis ἕκαστος, Acts ii. 6; xxi. 26; ὑμεῖς oi καθ᾽ ἕνα ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἀγαπάτω, you one by one, each one of you severally, Eph. v. 33. In imitation of the Hebr., ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ans? wes, Gen. xxvi. 31), Mt. xviii. 35; pera τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ (YI-ON wR, Judg. vi. 29, ete.), Eph. iv. 25, ef. Heb. viii. 11 Ree.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἕκαστος hekastos 82x

each (one), every (one) separately, Mt. 16:27; Lk. 13:15

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἕκαστος, -η, ὂν, [in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ;] each, every (Lat. quisque) ; with a noun: Lk 6:44, Jo 19:23, seq. κατά, He 3:13, Re 22:2; εἷς ἕ., Eph 4:16;

without a noun: Ac 4:35, Ro 2:6, al.;

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.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἕκαστος. P Fay 915 (A.D. 99) ἕκαστα ποιήσω καθὼς πρόκιται, 20. τοοῦ (A.D. 99) μετὰ κυρίων ἑκάστ[η]ς τοῦ ἀνδρός, “with their respective guardians their husbands” (Edd.), P Oxy X. 127874 (A.D. 214) ἕκαστον δὲ μέρος π[α]ραδοῦν[αι ἑϊκατέpw, ‘‘each party is to deliver to the other” (Edd.), 74. VI. 8861 (a magical formula—iii/a.p.) émlyp(aov) ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν φύλλων τὰ τῶν θεῶν ὀνόματα. The phrase καθ᾽ éxaστην ἡμέραν, as in Heb 315, is common, e.g. P Fay 130° (iii/A.D.), and similarly καθ᾽ ἕκαστον μῆνα, καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἔτος. For εἷς ἕκαστος, see P Tebt II. 3071 (A.D. 198) € ἐξεδό(θησαν) ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ, “5 copies were issued, one to each one” (Edd.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἕκαστος (hekastos) — each. ἕκαστος, η, ον, each, opposed to the whole body, [Refs 8th c.BC+] they went home each to his own house,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Attic dialect, [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., [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+]

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