adjective
hekastos
Strong’sG1538
each, every one
stem hekast-82 times in the New Testamentin 18 of 27 books9 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Each or every one — used of the individual members of a group, whether people or things, referring to them one by one rather than as a whole 1234. It appears both with a noun, as in "each tree" or "each of you," and on its own, standing in for "each person" 1. It is also used with a plural verb or in apposition with a plural noun or pronoun, so that a sentence can speak of a group while still marking out its members individually — for example "they returned, each to his own house" 13. It is often reinforced by one, giving the sense "each and every one" (Latin unusquisque), and can take a partitive genitive ("each of you") or be followed by according to to mean "each according to" something 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
* ἕκαστος, -η, ὂν, [in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1538 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhek'-as-tos
each or every
Fromas if a superlative of ἕκας (afar);
King Jamesany, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
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Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hekastos39×ἕκαστος | hekastas1×ἑκάστη | hekastem3×ἕκαστον | hekastois2×ἕκαστοι | hekastais | hekasteim |
| object accusative | hekaston10×ἕκαστον | hekastan1×ἑκάστην | hekastoin | hekastain | ||
| direct address vocative | hekastor | hekastar | hekastoir | hekastair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hekastou6×ἑκάστου | hekastau | hekasteu1×ἑκάστου | hekastoiu | hekastaiu | hekasteiu |
| to, for dative | hekasto19×ἑκάστῳ | hekasta | hekaste | hekastoi | hekastai | hekastei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hekast is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
82 occurrences, every one of them listed
hekastos“each”subjectnominative singular39×
Matthew 18:35… ouranios poiati vi ean mē afiēkaveia hekastos to adelfo autou apo taiu kardiaiu …… how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your …
Matthew 26:22“each”… luporōntois sfodra archela legarō auto henos hekastos; Mēti mis amō, kurior?… grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
Luke 2:3“each”kai poreuole pantois apograforō, hekastos eis tan heautou polan.And everyone went to his own town to register.
Luke 13:15… auto tos kurios kai legata; Hupokritoir, hekastos vu te sabbate ouk luatō ton …… hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie …
John 6:7… dēnarieiu artois ouk arkalō autoi hina hekastos brachuem tinem labateia.… would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small …
John 7:53Kai poreuita hekastos eis ton oikon autou,Then each went to his own home.
John 16:32… erchotō hōras kai erchatē hina skorpiziveia hekastos eis teim idieim kamin monon afiēkaveia; …… come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you …
Acts 2:6… plēthem kai sunchita, hoti akouale henos hekastos ta idia dialekta lalarōntoiu autoiu;… crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own …
Acts 2:8kai pōs nis akouanō hekastos ta idia dialekta nu en ha …How is it then that each of us hears them in his …
Acts 2:38… de pros autoin; Metanoavar, kai baptizitar hekastos vu epi te onome Iēsu Christou …Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of …
Acts 11:29… de mathētoiu kathōs euporote tinos horizala hekastos autoiu eis diakonian pempara toi katoikarōntoi …So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to …
Romans 14:5… hēmeran, hos de krinatō pantan hēmeran; hekastos en to idio nouo plēroforotōr;… someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in …
Romans 14:12ara hekastos nu peri heautou logon dōati.So then, each of us will give an account …
Romans 15:2hekastos nu to plēsion areskatōr eis tem …Each of us should please his neighbor …
1 Corinthians 1:12“each”legamō de houtem hoti hekastos vu legatō; Mis men amō Paulou, …What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow …
1 Corinthians 3:8… de kai tos potizarōntos henem alō, hekastos de ton idion misthon labeti kata …… waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his …
1 Corinthians 3:10… architektonos themelion tithama, allosos de epoikodomatō. hekastos de blepatōr pōs epoikodomatō;… else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he …
1 Corinthians 7:2dia de tain porneiain hekastos tan heautou gunaikan echatōr, kai hekastas …… there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife …
1 Corinthians 7:7… anthrōpoin arō hōs kai miauton; alla hekastos idiem echatō charismem ek theou, tos …… men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from …
1 Corinthians 7:20hekastos en ta klēsia ha kalita en …Each one should remain in the situation …
1 Corinthians 7:24hekastos en he kalita, adelfoir, en houte …Brothers, each one should remain in the situation …
1 Corinthians 11:21hekastos gar tem idiem deipnem prolabatō en …For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing …
1 Corinthians 14:26“each”Tinem oun atō, adelfoir? hotan sunerchoveiō, hekastos psalmon echatō, didachan echatō, apokalupsian echatō, …What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue …
1 Corinthians 15:23hekastos de en te idie tagme; aparchas …But each in his own turn: Christ the …
1 Corinthians 16:2kata henan sabbateu hekastos vu para heauto tithatōr thēsaurizarōntos hem …… the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a …
2 Corinthians 5:10… teu bēmeu tou Christou, hina komizeteia hekastos teim dia teu sōmeu pros heim …… the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for …
2 Corinthians 9:7hekastos kathōs proairotē ta kardia, mē ek …Each one should give what he has …
Galatians 6:4tem de ergem heautou dokimazatōr hekastos, kai tote eis heauton monon tem …Each one should test his own work …
Galatians 6:5hekastos gar tem idiem fortiem bastazati.For each one should carry his own load.
Ephesians 4:25Dio apotitherantois tem pseudem lalavōr alētheian hekastos meta tou plēsion autou, hoti anō …Therefore each of you must put off falsehood …
Ephesians 5:33plēn kai vis tois kata henon hekastos tan heautou gunaikan houtōs agapatōr hōs …Nevertheless, each one of you also must love …
Ephesians 6:8oidarēntois hoti hekastos, hem an poiateia agathem, houtem komizeti …… know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does …
Hebrews 8:11kai ouk mē didaskaleia hekastos ton politon autou kai hekastos ton …No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his …
Hebrews 8:11“each”… didaskaleia hekastos ton politon autou kai hekastos ton adelfon autou, legarōntos; Gnōskasar ton …… longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
James 1:14hekastos de peirazotō hupo tau idiau epithumiau …But each one is tempted when by his own …
1 Peter 4:10hekastos kathōs labata charismem, eis heautoin autem …… of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift …
Revelation 5:8… presbuterois piptala enōpion teu arnieu, echarōntois hekastos kitharan kai fialain chrusouain gemarōntain thumiameiu, …… elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they …
Revelation 20:13… nekroin toin en autoi, kai krinila hekastos kata teim ergeim autoiu.… Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his …
Revelation 21:21… dōdeka pulōnois dōdeka margaritois, ana henos hekastos toiu pulōnoiu ate ek henou margaritou; …… twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl …
hekaston“each”objectaccusative singular10×
Luke 16:5kai proskalerantos henon hekaston toiu chreofeiletoiu tou kuriou heautou legate …And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How …
Acts 2:3… hōsei pureu, kai kathizata epi henon hekaston autoiu,… separated and came to rest on each of them.
Acts 3:26… auton eulogarōnton vin en te apostrefarō hekaston apo taiu ponēriaiu vu.… you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
Acts 20:31… ouk pauema meta dakrueiu nouthetarōntos henon hekaston.… three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with …
1 Corinthians 7:17… mē hekasto hōs merizata tos kurios, hekaston hōs kalatē tos theos, houtōs peripatatōr; …Regardless, each one should lead the life that the …
1 Thessalonians 2:11kathaper oidavē hōs henon hekaston vu hōs patros tekneim heautouFor you know that we treated each of you as a father treats …
1 Thessalonians 4:4oidarē hekaston vu tem heautou skevem ktorō en …each of you must know how to …
Hebrews 6:11epithumanō de hekaston vu tan autan endeikorō spoudan pros …We want each of you to show this same …
Hebrews 11:21pistia Iakōb apothnēskarōntos hekaston toiu huioiu Iōsēf eulogata, kai proskunata …… Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as …
Revelation 22:2“every”… zōau poiarōntem karpoin dōdeka, kata mēnon hekaston apodōarōntem ton karpon auteu, kai teim …… tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are …
hekastou“each”of, belonging togenitive singular6×
Acts 17:27… kai ge ouk makran apo henou hekastou nu huparcharōnton.… though He is not far from each one of us.
Acts 21:26… hagnismou heōs hou prosferita huper henou hekastou autoiu tas prosforas.… the offering would be made for each of them.
1 Corinthians 3:13“each”hekastou tem ergem fanerem geneti, tas gar …… will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will …
1 Corinthians 3:13… dēlati; hoti en pure apokaluptotō, kai hekastou tem ergem hopoiem atō tem purem …… fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
2 Thessalonians 1:3“each”… vu kai pleonazatō tas agapas henou hekastou pantoiu vu eis allēloin,… for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
1 Peter 1:17… epikalovō ton aprosōpolēmptōs krinarōnton kata tem hekastou ergem, en fobo ton tau paroikiau …… call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in …
hekasto“each”to, fordative singular19×
Matthew 16:27… toiu angeloiu autou, kai tote apodōati hekasto kata tan praxian autou.… angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has …
Matthew 25:15… ho de duo ho de henem, hekasto kata tan idian dunamian, kai apodēmata. …… talents, and to another one talent — each according to his own ability. And …
Mark 13:34… dōarantos toi douloi autou tan exousian, hekasto tem ergem autou, kai to thurōro …… journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own …
Luke 4:40… autoin pros auton; tos de heno hekasto autoiu tain cheirain epititharōntos therapeuate autoin.… Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
John 19:23… himatieim autou kai poiala tessares mereim, hekasto stratiōto merem, kai ton chitōnon. ate …… garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It …
Acts 4:35“each”… toin podoin toiu apostoloiu; diadōote de hekasto kathoti an tinos chreian echate.… them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
Romans 2:6hos apodōati hekasto kata teim ergeim autou;God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
Romans 12:3“each”… fronarō, alla fronarō eis tem sōfronarō, hekasto hōs tos theos merizata metrem pistiau.… you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given …
1 Corinthians 3:5… Paulos? diakonois dia hoiu pisteuava, kai hekasto hōs tos kurios dōata.… as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
1 Corinthians 4:5… kardiaiu, kai tote tos epainos geneti hekasto apo tou theou.… of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
1 Corinthians 7:17Ei mē hekasto hōs merizata tos kurios, hekaston hōs …Regardless, each one should lead the life that …
1 Corinthians 12:7hekasto de dōotō tas fanerōsias teu pneumeu …Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit …
1 Corinthians 12:11… kai tem autem pneumem, diairarōntem idia hekasto kathōs boulotō.… same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.
1 Corinthians 15:38… dōatō auto sōmem kathōs thelata, kai hekasto teiu spermeiu idiem sōmem.… as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its …
Ephesians 4:7Heno de hekasto nu dōita tas charitas kata tem …Now to each one of us grace has been …
Colossians 4:6“each”… artuorēntos, oidarē pōs datō vin heno hekasto apokrinorō.… be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Revelation 2:23… nefroin kai kardiain, kai dōami vi hekasto kata teim ergeim vu.… and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
Revelation 6:11kai dōita autoi hekasto stolas leukas, kai legita autoi hina …Then each of them was given a white …
Revelation 22:12“everyone”… tos misthos mu meta mu, apodōara hekasto hōs tem ergem atō autou.… soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he …
hekastas“each”subjectnominative singular1×
1 Corinthians 7:2… hekastos tan heautou gunaikan echatōr, kai hekastas ton idion andron echatōr.… should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
hekastan“every”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 3:13“every”alla parakalavōr heautoin kata hekastan hēmeran, achris hou tem Sēmeron kalotō, …But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that …
hekastem“each”subject or objectdirect singular3×
Luke 6:44hekastem gar dendrem ek tou idiou karpou …For each tree is known by its own …
Acts 21:19“*”kai aspazerantos autoin exēgote kata henem hekastem heiu poiata tos theos en tei …Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through …
1 Corinthians 12:18“each”… tos theos titheta teim meleim, henem hekastem auteiu, en te sōme kathōs thelata.But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to …
hekasteu“each”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Ephesians 4:16… epichorēgiau kata energeian en metre heneu hekasteu mereu tan auxēsian teu sōmeu poiotō …… in love through the work of each individual part.
hekastois“each”subjectnominative plural2×
Philippians 2:4“every person”mē teim heautoiu hekastois skoparōntois, alla kai teim heteroiu hekastois.Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:4… hekastois skoparōntois, alla kai teim heteroiu hekastois.Each of you should look not only …