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wun. See NUMBER.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Philosophically, not a number but equivalent to unit, unity, individuality, in contradistinction from multiplicity and the mani-foldness of sensory experience. In metaphysics, the Supreme Idea (Plato), the absolute first principle (Neo-platonism), the universe (Parmenides), Being as such and divine in nature (Plotinus), God (Nicolaus Cusanus), the soul (Lotze). Religious philosophy and mysticism, beginning with Indian philosophy (s.v.), has favored the designation of the One for the metaphysical world-ground, the ultimate icility, the world-soul, the principle of the world conceived as reason, nous, or more personally. The One may be conceived as an independent whole or as a sum, as analytic or synthetic, as principle or ontologically. Except by mysticism, it is rarely declared a fact of sensory experience, while its transcendent or transcendental, abstract nature is stressed, e.g., in epistemology where the “I” or self is considered the unitary background of personal experience, the identity of self-consciousness, or the unity of consciousness in the synthesis of the manifoldness of ideas (Kant). — K.F.L.
Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
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the first cardinal numeral, masculine (feminine and neuter nominative forms are mia and hen, respectively), is used to signify (1) (a) “one” in contrast to many, e.g., Mat 25:15; Rom 5:18, RV, “(through) one (trespass),” i.e., Adam’s transgression, in contrast to the “one act of righteousness,” i.e., the death of Christ (not as AV, “the offense of one,” and “the righteousness of one”); (b) metaphorically, “union” and “concord,” e.g., Joh 10:30; Joh 11:52; Joh 17:11, Joh 17:21-22; Rom 12:4-5; Phi 1:27; (2) emphatically, (a) a single (“one”), to the exclusion of others, e.g., Mat 21:24; Rom 3:10; 1Co 9:24; 1Ti 2:5 (twice); (b) “one, alone,” e.g., Mar 2:7, RV (AV, “only”); Mar 10:18; Luk 18:19; (c) “one and the same,” e.g., Rom 3:30, RV, “God is one,” i.e., there is not “one” God for the Jew and one for the Gentile; cp. Gal 3:20, which means that in a promise there is no other party; 1Co 3:8; 1Co 11:5; 1Co 12:11; 1Jo 5:8 (lit., “and the three are into one,” i.e., united in “one” and the same witness); (3) a certain “one,” in the same sense as the indefinite pronoun tis (see B, No. 1), e.g., Mat 8:19, RV, “a (scribe),” marg., “one (scribe),” AV, “a certain (scribe);” Mat 19:16, “one;” in Rev 8:13, RV marg., “one (eagle);” heis tis are used together in Luk 22:50; Joh 11:49; this occurs frequently in the papyri (Moulton, Prol., p. 96); (4) distributively, with hekastos, “each,” i.e., “every one,” e.g., Luk 4:40; Act 2:6, “every man” (lit., “every one”); in the sense of “one … and one,” e.g., Joh 20:12; or “one …” followed by allos or heteros, “the other,” e.g., Mat 6:24; or by a second heis, e.g., Mat 24:40, RV, “one;” Joh 20:12; in Rom 12:5 heis is preceded by kata (kath’) in the sense of “severally (members) one (of another),” RV (AV, “every one … one”); cp. Mar 14:19; in 1Th 5:11 the phrase in the 2nd part, “each other,” RV (AV, “one another”), is, lit., “one the one;” (5) as an ordinal number, equivalent to protos, “first,” in the phrase “the first day of the week,” lit., and idiomatically, “one of sabbaths,” signifying “the first day after the sabbath,” e.g., Mat 28:1; Mar 16:2; Act 20:7; 1Co 16:2. Moulton remarks on the tendency for certain cardinal numerals to replace ordinals (Prol., p. 96).
an indefinite pronoun signifying “a certain one, some one, any one, one” (the neuter form ti denotes “a certain thing”), is used (a) like a noun, e.g., Act 5:25; Act 19:32; Act 21:34; 1Co 3:4; or with the meaning “someone,” e.g., Act 8:31, RV, “some one” (AV, “some man”); Rom 5:7; (b) as an adjective; see CERTAIN, Note (3), SOME.
as a relative pronoun, signifies “who;” as a demonstrative pronoun, “this,” or “the one” in contrast with “the other,” or “another,” e.g., Rom 14:2, AV (RV, “one man”); 1Co 12:8.
Notes: (1) The RV often substitutes “one” for “man,” e.g., Mat 17:8 (oudeis, “no one”); 1Co 3:21 (i.e., “no person”); 1Co 15:35; 1Th 5:15; 2Ti 4:16; 1Jo 2:27; 1Jo 3:3. (2) The pronoun houtos is sometimes translated “this one,” e.g., Luk 7:8. (3) In 1Pe 3:8, AV, homophron, “likeminded” (RV), is translated “of one mind” (lit., “of the same mind”). (4) In Act 7:26, “at one,” is, lit., “unto peace” (see PEACE). (5) For “every one” in Act 5:16 see EVERY, No. 2. (6) In Mar 9:26 nekros, “dead,” is translated “one dead.” (7) In Act 2:1 “in one place” translates epi to auto, lit., “to the same,” which may mean “for the same (purpose);” in 1Co 11:20; 1Co 14:23, the RV translates it “together.” (8) In Mar 1:7, AV, the article ho, “the,” is rendered “one” (RV, “he that”). (9) In Mar 7:14, AV, the plural of pas, “all” (so RV), is translated “every one;” in Mat 5:28, AV, pas, with the article, is translated “whosoever” (RV “every one who”). (10) In Act 1:24, AV, “whether” is, lit., and as the RV, “the one whom.” (11) In 2Th 2:7, the article is rendered “one that,” RV (AV, “he who”).
See also ACCORD, CONSENT, B, No. 1, END, C, Note (6), EYE (with one), GREAT, HOLY, LITTLE, MIND, NATION, WICKED.
Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
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Gen 2:24 (c) Our Lord considers that the husband and wife constitute one unit. This is true even after the family enlarges. It is still one family.
Num 15:16 (a) Although Israel had many laws, GOD considers all of it as just one law.
Deu 6:4 (a) This passage may be easily understood when we remember that it refers to the heavenly family of three, or the heavenly firm of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We refer to a bank as one bank, though many men operate it. We refer to one family though there may be six members in it. The passage does not speak of “one person.” It does speak of one Lord. The three Persons of the Trinity operate together. What is done by anyone of the three Persons is agreed to by the others, and is binding on the others. It is one authority, though there are three Persons exercising that authority. These three members of the Godhead are not one Person, but they are one in plan, program, and purpose.
Joh 10:30 (a) We all know that these two persons are just one person, for we read that the Father sent the Son. In another place, the Father spoke from Heaven concerning His Son on the earth. In another place the Son said “I ascend unto My Father.” He was telling us that they are one in purpose, one in plan, and one in action. (See Joh 17:21).
Act 28:25 (a) Although Paul said that he spoke “one word,” or rather Luke said it in this passage, the writer mentioned a great many words that Paul spoke. He was indicating that there was one message for the people, one story to tell, one explanation given.
Gal 3:28 (a) The church consists of many persons, yet in GOD’s sight it is just one group, one church, one family, one kingdom. It is not necessary to give the many other references in which the number one represents a group, or a bunch, or a collection, or more than one. From the numerical standpoint the number one represents indivisibility. One cannot be divided. One is not subject to separation. One represents a unit.