Lexicon
ἕκαστος
hekastos
G1538
G:A Greek

each

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18
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Greek
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Hekastos marks individuals or items considered separately within a group, in distribution, responsibility, action, or possession.

The term regularly singles out members of a group or individual items as considered separately: people receive, act, answer, give, or are assessed individually, while seeds, trees, days, and body parts are likewise spoken of one by one.

Senses in use

  1. Individuals or items considered separately · dominant

    The term identifies separate members within a larger group or set. In 1 Corinthians 12:11 the dative singular form occurs in the clause about the Spirit distributing to individuals; in Acts 4:35 it occurs where distribution is made according to need; and in 1 Corinthians 3:13 it marks the work that will become evident for each person. The same distributive focus extends to items: in 1 Corinthians 15:38 the APB renders the clause about a body given to each kind of seed, and in Luke 6:44 it renders each tree as known by its own fruit.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses “each one,” “each,” “every one,” or expressions such as “each of you.” These renderings confirm the clauses' distributive presentation without fixing a separate English equivalent in every instance.

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