adjective
hektos
Strong’sG1623
sixth
stem hekt-14 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Sixth, the ordinal number following fifth 1234.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἕκτος, -η, -ον
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1623 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhek'-tos
sixth
Fromordinal from G1803;
King Jamessixth.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ἕξ) sixth, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἕκτος (i.e. μήν), ὁ, Refs 1st c.AD+; ἕκτη, ἡ, see entry (Ϝέκτ- Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hektos4×ἕκτος | hektas3×ἕκτη | hektem | hektois | hektais | hekteim |
| object accusative | hekton | hektan3×ἕκτην | hektoin | hektain | ||
| direct address vocative | hektor | hektar | hektoir | hektair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hektou | hektau2×ἕκτης | hekteu | hektoiu | hektaiu | hekteiu |
| to, for dative | hekto2×ἕκτῳ | hekta | hekte | hektoi | hektai | hektei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hekt is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
14 occurrences, every one of them listed
hektos“sixth”subjectnominative singular4×
Luke 1:36… en gērae autau, kai houtos mēnos hektos atō auta ta kalorōnta steira;… was called barren is in her sixth month.
Revelation 9:13Kai tos hektos angelos salpizata; kai akouama fōnan henan …Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I …
Revelation 16:12Kai tos hektos ekchata tan fialan autou epi ton …And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on …
Revelation 21:20tos pemptos sardonuxos, tos hektos sardiem, tos hebdomos chrusolithos, tos ogdoos …the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth …
hekto“sixth”to, fordative singular2×
Luke 1:26En de to mēno to hekto apostelita tos angelos Gabriēl apo tou …In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel …
Revelation 9:14legarōnton to hekto angelo, tos echarōntos tan salpingan; Luasar …saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the …
hektas“sixth”subjectnominative singular3×
Luke 23:44Kai ate ēdē hōsei hōras hektas kai skotem geneta epi holan tan …It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all …
John 4:6… epi ta pēga; hōras ate hōs hektas.… the well. It was about the sixth hour.
John 19:14… paraskevas teu pascha, hōras ate hōs hektas. kai legatō toi Ioudaioi; Ide tos …… Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the …
hektan“sixth”objectaccusative singular3×
Matthew 20:5tois de aperchala. palin exercharantos peri hektan kai enatan hōran poiata hōsautōs.… He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and …
Acts 10:9… epi tem dōmem proseuchera peri hōran hektan.The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching …
Revelation 6:12… horama hote anoigata tan sfragidan tan hektan, kai seismos megos geneta, kai tos …… watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great …
hektau“sixth”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Matthew 27:45Apo de hektau hōrau skotem geneta epi pantan tan …From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness …
Mark 15:33Kai generantau hōrau hektau skotem geneta epi holan tan gēan …From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness …