====== εἷς ======
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Meaning:
  * One
  * First
  * One thing
  * Alone
  * Individual
  * One ma
  * Someone

εἷς is the cardinal number ("one"). Sometimes it functions as a indefinitely pronoun ("someone" or "a certain one"). It agrees in gender, number and case with the noun it modifies. Occurs a little under 350 times in the New Testament.

===== Biblical Examples =====

<autott>matthew_8:19|Matthew 8:19</autott> — ἐλθὼν εἷς γραμματεὺς ("one scribe came")

<autott>john_10:30|John 10:30</autott> — ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν ("I and the Father are one")

[[:Ephesians 4]]:4–6 — ἓν σῶμα καὶ ἓν πνεῦμα ... εἷς κύριος, μία πίστις, ἓν βάπτισμα ("one body and one Spirit … one Lord, one faith, one baptism").

===== Grammatical forms =====

| **Case**                | **Masculine** | **Feminine** | **Neuter** |
| **Nominative Singular** | εἷς           | μία          | ἕν         |
| **Genitive Singular**   | ἑνός          | μιᾶς         | ἑνός       |
| **Dative Singular**     | ἑνί           | μιᾷ          | ἑνί        |
| **Accusative Singular** | ἕνα           | μίαν         | ἕν         |

Note that there is no plural form, since it means "one."

Also note that the word is irregular, not following standard adjective endings.