For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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εἷς
Vocabulary form:
εἷς
Definition:
one
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
345
GK:
1651
Cognates:
A hendiadys is a figure of speech in which two nouns describe one thing. It is from the phrase e}n dia; duoi:n, meaning "one thing by means of two."
Henotheism is the belief in one God while allowing for the existence of other gods.
Mnemonics:
When I ace in tennis, I only serve once.
Mnemonic Singing:
To Thee great One in Three,
eternal praises be.
Biblical Concordance
| 1 Corinthians 3:8 | The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut), and each will receive his wages on the basis of his work. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:6 | I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one (henos | ἑνός | gen sg masc) against another. |
| 1 Corinthians 6:16 | Or do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute is one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) body with her? For it says, “The two will become one (mian | μίαν | acc sg fem) flesh.” |
| 1 Corinthians 6:17 | But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) spirit with him. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:4 | Therefore, as to the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol has no genuine reality” and that “there is no God but one.” (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) |
| 1 Corinthians 8:6 | yet for us there is but one (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. |
| 1 Corinthians 9:24 | Do you not know that all who run in the stadium compete but only one (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) receives the prize? So run that you may win. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:8 | We must not indulge in sexual immorality, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single (mia | μιᾷ | dat sg fem) day. |
| 1 Corinthians 10:17 | Because there is one (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) loaf, we who are many are one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) body, for we all partake of the one (henos | ἑνός | gen sg masc) loaf. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:5 | but any wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) and the same as a woman who has her head shaved. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:9 | to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one (heni | ἑνί | dat sg neut) Spirit, |
| 1 Corinthians 12:11 | But it is the one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) and same Spirit, distributing to each as he determines, who produces all these things. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:12 | For just as the physical body is one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) body, so also is the body of Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:13 | For in one (heni | ἑνί | dat sg neut) Spirit we were all baptized into one (hen | ἕν | acc sg neut) body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free, and we were all imbued with one (hen | ἕν | acc sg neut) Spirit. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:14 | For indeed the body is not a single (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) member, but many. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:18 | But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, every one (hen | ἕν | acc sg neut) of them, just as he chose. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:19 | If they were all a single (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) member, where would the body be? |
| 1 Corinthians 12:20 | But as it is, there are many members, but one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) body. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:26 | And if one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) member suffers, every member suffers with it; if one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) member is honored, every member rejoices with it. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:27 | If any speak in a tongue, it should be only two, or at the most three, and each in turn; and someone (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) must interpret. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:31 | For in this way all will be able to prophesy one by one, with the result that all may learn and all be encouraged, |
| 1 Corinthians 16:2 | On the first (mian | μίαν | acc sg fem) day of the week, each of you should put something aside as he may prosper and save it, so that when I come, collections will not have to be made. |
| 2 Corinthians 5:14 | For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this: that one (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) has died for all; therefore all have died. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:2 | For I am jealous for you with a jealousy God inspires, for I have promised you in marriage to a single (heni | ἑνί | dat sg masc) husband, to Christ, that I might present you to him as an undefiled virgin. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:24 | Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes less one (mian | μίαν | acc sg fem). |
| Galatians 3:16 | Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, “and to descendants,” referring to many, but “and to your descendant,” referring to one (henos | ἑνός | gen sg neut), who is Christ. |
| Galatians 3:20 | Now a mediator is not for one (henos | ἑνός | gen sg masc) party only, but God is one (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc). |
| Galatians 3:28 | Now there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female; for you are all one (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) in Christ Jesus. |
| Galatians 4:22 | For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one (hena | ἕνα | acc sg masc) by the slave woman and one (hena | ἕνα | acc sg masc) by the free woman. |
| Galatians 4:24 | This may be interpreted allegorically, for these women represent two covenants. One (mia | μία | nom sg fem) is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to be slaves; she is Hagar. |
| Galatians 5:14 | For the entire law is summed up in a single (heni | ἑνί | dat sg masc) command: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| Ephesians 2:14 | For he is our peace, who has made us both one (hen | ἕν | acc sg neut) and has broken down the dividing wall, having abolished in his flesh the hostility, |
| Ephesians 2:15 | the law of commandments and regulations, so as to create in himself one (hena | ἕνα | acc sg masc) new man from the two, thus making peace, |
| Ephesians 2:16 | and to reconcile both to God in one (heni | ἑνί | dat sg neut) body through the cross, having put the hostility to death in himself. |
| Ephesians 2:18 | for through him we both have access by the one (heni | ἑνί | dat sg neut) Spirit to the Father. |
| Ephesians 4:4 | There is one (Hen | Ἓν | nom sg neut) body and one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) Spirit, just as you also were called to the one (mia | μιᾷ | dat sg fem) hope of your calling; |
| Ephesians 4:5 | one (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) Lord, one (mia | μία | nom sg fem) faith, one (hen | ἕν | nom sg neut) baptism; |
| Ephesians 4:6 | one (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. |
| Ephesians 4:7 | But to each of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. |
| Ephesians 4:16 | from whom the whole body, joined and brought together by every supporting ligament, according to the working of each individual (henos | ἑνός | gen sg neut) part, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. |
| Ephesians 5:31 | “For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one (mian | μίαν | acc sg fem) flesh.” |
| Ephesians 5:33 | Nevertheless, each one (hena | ἕνα | acc sg masc) of you is to love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife is to respect her husband. |
| Philippians 1:27 | Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or remain away, I may hear that you are standing firm in one (heni | ἑνί | dat sg neut) spirit, striving side by side with one (mia | μιᾷ | dat sg fem) mind for the faith of the gospel, |
| Philippians 2:2 | make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, united in spirit, with a single (hen | ἕν | acc sg neut) purpose. |
| Philippians 3:13 | Brothers, I do not consider to have made it my own; but this one (hen | ἕν | acc sg neut) thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching out to what lies ahead, |
| Colossians 3:15 | And let the peace of Christ be the ruling principle in your heart, your to which indeed you were called in one (heni | ἑνί | dat sg neut) body. And be thankful. be |
| Colossians 4:6 | Your speech Your should always be winsome, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to answer each person (heni | ἑνί | dat sg masc). |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:11 | how, as you know, we treated each one (hena | ἕνα | acc sg masc) of you as a father would treat his own children. |
| 1 Thessalonians 5:11 | Therefore encourage one another and build one (heis | εἷς | nom sg masc) another (hena | ἕνα | acc sg masc) up, as indeed you are doing. |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:3 | We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one (henos | ἑνός | gen sg masc) of you for one another is increasing, |
Mnemonics
heis mia hen mnemonic
If you want to be an ACE in Tennis, beat MIA in track, and be a superstar IN (HEN) football, then realize this: you only get ONE chance.