one
e.chad marks a single item, person, group, or time unit, and can identify one member within a larger set or a sole one.
The term most often marks a single counted or selected entity, whether a tribe, bull, shield, division, or unit of time. It also identifies one member from a larger group and, in some clauses, emphasizes that only one remains or that a nation is distinctive.
Senses in use
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A single counted item or unit · dominant
The cardinal singular form marks individual items in enumerations and measurements: in 1 Kings 10:16 the APB renders gold assigned to “each shield,” while 1 Kings 18:23 sets one bull alongside another. It likewise marks a time or administrative unit, as 1 Kings 10:14 speaks of gold arriving in “one year” and 1 Chronicles 27:1 describes one division.
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One member selected from a group · common
In construct singular forms, the term identifies a member within a larger set. In 1 Samuel 17:36 the APB renders the Philistine as being like “one of them,” and in 1 Samuel 27:5 David requests a place in “one of the cities of the field.”
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A sole or distinctive individual or people · occasional
The cardinal form can frame a person or people as the only remaining or distinctive instance in the clause. In 1 Kings 22:8 the APB renders that “there remains one man” through whom the LORD may be sought; in 1 Chronicles 17:21 it calls Israel “a unique nation in the land.”
In the Anselm Paraphrase: Across these verses, the APB commonly presents the term with “one,” but also uses expressions such as “each,” “one of,” “a unique nation,” and “there remains one man.” Because the APB is not word-aligned, those renderings reflect the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.