Achad
Achad [1]
(Heb. Achad', אִחִד , the "constr." of אֶחָד , One, v. r. Achath', אִחִת , id.), thought by some to be the name of a heathen deity mentioned in the difficult phrase, Isaiah 66:17, אִתִד אִתִד בִּתָּיֶךְ , After One (of them) In The Midst, Sept. Καὶ Ἐν Τοῖς Προθύροις , Vulg. Post Januam Intrinsecus, Auth. Vers. "behind one (tree) in the midst." According to Gesenius (Commentar, in loc.) the phraseology is susceptible of three interpretations: (a) "One after another in the midst;" (b) "After Achad in the midst;" (c) "After one (of their number) [i.e. a priest leading the idolatrous rites] in the midst," a rendering which he prefers (comp. Rosenm Ü ller, Scholia in loc.). In favor of the allusion to a heathen deity is only the slender analogy with the name Adad, as a Syrian divinity. (See Hadad). (See Mill, De Idolo אחר , in his Dissert. Select. Lugd. Bat. 1743, p. 137-166; Doderlein, Philol. Abhandl. v. d. Gott Achad, in his Vere. Abhandl. Halle, 1755, pt. 3). (See Idolatry).
