Hex ἕξ
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| ἕξ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | hex |
| Strong's number | G1803 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | six |
| Occurrences | 13 in 13 verses |
| Most frequent in | John (3) |
Hex (Greek ἕξ, Strong's G1803) is a Greek adjective meaning “six”. It occurs 13 times in 13 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | six (11), sixteen (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | six (7), half (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Hex, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Matthew
- Matthew 17:1And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
Mark
- Mark 9:2And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.
Luke
- Luke 4:25But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
- Luke 13:14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
John
- John 2:6And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
- John 2:20Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
- John 12:1Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
Acts
- Acts 11:12And the spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house:The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
- Acts 18:11And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.
- Acts 27:37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.In all, there were 276 of us on board.
James
- James 5:17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Revelation
- Revelation 4:8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
- Revelation 13:18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).