Singular

Singular - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SIN'GULAR, a. [L. singularis,from singulus, single.]

1. Single; not complex or compound. That idea which represents one determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex or compound.

2. In grammar, expressing one person or thing; as the singular number. The singular number stands opposed to dual and plural.

3. Particular; existing by itself; unexampled; as a singular phenomenon. Your case is hard, but not singular.

4. Remarkable; eminent; unusual; rare; as a man of singular gravity, or singular attainments.

SIN'GULAR, n. A particular instance. [Unusual.]

sin'-gu-lar: "Pertaining to the single person," "individual," and so sometimes "unusual," "remarkable." So The Wisdom of Solomon 14:18, the King James Version "the singular diligence of the artificer" (philotimia, "love of honor," the Revised Version (British and American) "ambition"). In Le 27:2 by "when a man shall make a singular vow" the King James Version seems to have understood a "personal" or "private" vow. the Revised Version (British and American) has "accomplish a vow," with margin "make a special vow." Compare the same phrase (yaphli' (yephalle') nedher) used of the Nazirite vow in Nu 6:2.