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And one of them named Agabus, having risen up, signified by the Spirit that a great famine is about to be over the whole world—which came to pass under Claudius.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
one One. Adj-NMS H1520 εἷς eis
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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named Name, character, fame, reputation. N-DNS H3686 ὀνόματι onomati
Agabus, Agabus, a Christian prophet. N-NMS H13 Ἅγαβος agabos
having risen up, To raise up, set up; to rise from among (the) dead; to arise, appear. V-APA-NMS H450 ἀναστὰς anastas
signified To signify, indicate, give a sign, make known. V-AIA-3S H4591 ἐσήμαινεν esēmainen
Spirit [that] Wind, breath, spirit. N-GNS H4151 πνεύματος pneumatos
is about To intend, to be about to; to delay, linger. V-PNA H3195 μέλλειν mellein
a great Large, great, in the widest sense. Adj-AFS H3173 μεγάλην megalēn
famine A famine, hunger. N-AFS H3042 λιμὸν limon
whole All, the whole, entire, complete. Adj-AFS H3650 ὅλην olēn
over On, to, against, on the basis of, at. Prep H1909 ἐφ’ eph
world — (properly: the land that is being inhabited, the land in a state of habitation), the inhabited world, that is, the Roman world, for all outside it was regarded as of no account. N-AFS H3625 οἰκουμένην oikoumenēn
which Whosoever, whatsoever. RelPro-NFS H3748 ἥτις ētis
came to pass To come into being, to be born, become, come about, happen. V-AIM-3S H1096 ἐγένετο egeneto
Claudius. (a) Claudius, the fourth of the Roman Emperors, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, who ruled A.D. 41-54, (b) Claudius Lysias, a tribune at Jerusalem. N-GMS H2804 Κλαυδίου klaudiou

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Berean Bible And one of them named Agabus, having risen up, signified by the Spirit that a great famine is about to be over the whole world—which came to pass under Claudius.
King James Bible And there stood up one of them named Agabus, having risen up, and signified by the Spirit spirit that a there should be great famine is about to be over dearth throughout all the whole world—which world: which came to pass under Claudius.in the days of Claudius Caesar.
Hebrew Greek English And one One of them named Agabus, having risen up, signified Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine is about to be all over the whole world—which came to pass under world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius.
New American Standard Bible 1995 And one One of them named Agabus, having risen up, signified Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine is about to be all over the whole world—which came to pass under world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius.