ἕκαστος

ἕκαστος, η, ον (Hom.+) one of an aggregate in a distributive sense, each, every, distributive pronoun

ⓐ As adj. ἕκαστον δένδρον every tree (perh. both kinds of trees, good and bad, w. ἕκαστος=ἑκάτερος, as in late H. Gk.; s. HSahlin, Zwei Lukas-Stellen, ’45, 5 w. ref. there; L-S-J-M s.v. ἕκαστος IV) Lk 6:44. ἑκάστῳ στρατιώτῃ J 19:23. καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν every day (Thu. 6, 63, 2; X., Mem. 4, 2, 12 et al.; PAmh 136, 7 al. in pap; Ex 5:8; Esth 2:11; 3:4 al.; TestAbr A 86, 22f [Stone p. 20] καθεκάστην) Hb 3:13; B 19:10; also ἑκάστης ἡμέρας AcPl Ha 6, 8 (Just., D. 2, 6) κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον (Lucian, Nav. 24; BGU 86, 36 al. in pap) Rv 22:2, but ἕκ. may refer to ξύλον.

ⓑ As subst. each one, every one Mt 16:27; J 6:7; Ac 4:35; Ro 2:6; 12:3. W. partitive gen. foll. Lk 13:15; Ac 2:38; Ro 14:12; 1 Cor 15:38; 16:2; 1 Cl 24:5; 41:1; B 2:8 (cp. Just., A I, 18, 1 ἑκάστου τῶν … βασιλέων). Followed by ἴδιος (1 Esdr 5:8; Job 2:11; 3 Macc 5:21, 34): ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν δύναμιν Mt 25:15. Cp. Lk 6:44; Ac 2:8; Ro 14:5; Papias (2:16) al.—ἕ. every one (has or does someth., but one does one thing, another someth. else) 1 Cor 1:12; 14:26.—Strengthened εἷς ἕκαστος every single one (Hdt. 6, 128; Thu. 1, 77, 6; 2, 60, 4 et al.; PTebt 397, 1; 4 Macc 13:13; 15:19; Jos., Ant. 19, 305; JosAs 2:10; Ath. 4:1 πρὸς ἓν ἕκαστον; also ἕ. … τις Just., A II, 13, 3 and D. 134, 2). Mt 26:22; Ac 2:6; 20:31; Dg 8:3; Hs 8, 1, 5; 8, 11, 2 al. W. part. gen. foll. (X., An. 6, 6, 12; Ptolem., Apotel. 1, 2, 11 εἷς ἕκαστος τῶν ἀνθρώπων; 4 Macc 8:5, 9; 13:18; 16:24; 27:5 JosAs 27:5) Lk 4:40; 16:5; Ac 2:3; 17:27; 21:26; 1 Cor 12:18; Eph 4:7; 1 Th 2:11; 2 Th 1:3. ἀνὰ εἷς ἕκαστος every single one (ἀνά 3) Rv 21:21. καθʼ ἓν ἕκαστον one after the other = in detail (Hyperid. 3, 14; Dionys. Hal., Comp. 3; 23; PHal 1, 223 [III B.C.]) Ac 21:19; 1 Cl 32:1. For this καθʼ ἕκαστα (PCairGoodsp 15, 14; Just., D. 1, 4; Tat. 12, 3; καθʼ ἕκαστος Ar. [Milne 74, 21]; καθʼ ἕκαστον Tat. 41, 2; Ath. 28, 4) B 1:7.—The sg. is used w. pron. or verbs in the pl. (Hom. et al.; LXX; Jos., Bell. 6, 19) ὑμῖν ἑκάστῳ Rv 2:23; cp. 6:11. ἵνα σκορπισθῆτε ἕκαστος J 16:32; cp. Mt 18:35; Lk 2:3 (Appian, Liby. 39 §164 ἀνεζεύγνυον ἑκάτερος ἐς τὸ αὑτοῦ στρατόπεδον); Ac 11:29; Eph 4:25; Hb 8:11 (Jer 38:34); Rv 5:8; 20:13.—The pl. ἕκαστοι is extremely rare (Polyb. 1, 12, 9; Diod S 14, 5, 4; Phlegon: 257 Fgm. 36, 3, 14 Jac.; Lucian, Herm. 68; Ath. 18, 2; 22, 5; UPZ 110, 47; 53; 152 [164 B.C.]) Phil 2:4; Rv 6:11 t.r. (Erasmian rdg.); Hs 5, 6, 2.—S. πᾶς and ref. to Schmidt, Syn. IV 547. DELG. M-M. TW.