adjective

hex

Greekἕξ (hex)

Strong’sG1803

six

stem hex-13 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

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What it means

ἕξ, οἱ, αἱ, τά

indecl.,

six: Mt 17:1, Lk 13:14, al.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1803 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhex

six

Froma primary numeral;

King Jamessix.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hex	hex	hex	hex	hex	hex
object accusative	hex	hex		hex	hex
direct address vocative	hex	hex		hex	hex
of, belonging to genitive	hex	hex	hex	hex	hex	hex
to, for dative	hex	hex	hex	hex	hex	hex

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

hexstem

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

hexēs — ἑξῆς, next in order, the next day

Where it appears

13 occurrences, every one of them listed

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Matthew 17:1“six”Kai meta hēmerain hex paralambatō tos Iēsus ton Petron kai Iakōbon kai Iōannon ton adelfon autou, kai anaferatō autoin eis orem hupsēlem kata idian.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 9:2“six”Kai meta hēmerain hex paralambatō tos Iēsus ton Petron kai ton Iakōbon kai Iōannon, kai anaferatō autoin eis orem hupsēlem kata idian monoin. kai metamorfita emprosthen autoiu,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 4:25“six”epi alētheiau de legamō vi, pollais chērais ale en tai hēmerai Ēliaou en to Israēl, hote kleiita tos ouranos epi eteim treis kai mēnoin hex, hōs gineta limos megos epi pantan tan gēan,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.

John 2:6“six”ale de ekei lithinais hudriais hex kata ton katharismon toiu Ioudaioiu keierōtais, chōrarōtais ana metrētoin duo ē treis.Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

John 2:20“six”legala oun tois Ioudaiois; Tesserakonta kai hex etei oikodomita tos naos houtos, kai sis en treis hēmerai egeirasi auton?“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

John 12:1“six”Tos oun Iēsus pro hex hēmeraiu teu pascha erchata eis Bēthanian, hopou ate Lazaros, hon egeirata ek nekroiu Iēsus.Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

Acts 11:12“six”legata de tem pneumem mi sunerchara autoi mēdenem diakrinaraton. erchala de sun mi kai tois hex adelfois houtois, kai eiserchana eis ton oikon tou anērou.The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

Acts 18:11“six”kathizata de eniauton kai mēnoin hex didaskarōtos en autoi ton logon tou theou.So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.

Acts 27:37“six”ene de tais pantais psuchais en te ploie diakosioi hebdomēkonta hex.In all, there were 276 of us on board.

James 5:17“six”Ēliaos anthrōpos ate homoiopathos ni, kai proseucha proseucheta teu mē brechara, kai ouk brechata epi tau gēau eniautoin treis kai mēnoin hex;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 4:8“six”kai teim tessares zōeim, henem kata henem auteiu echarōtos ana pteruxain hex, kuklothen kai esōthen gemalō ofthalmoiu; kai anapausian ouk echalō hēmerau kai nuxau legarōtois; Hagios hagios hagios kurios, tos theos, tos pantokratōros, tos ate kai tos arōtos kai tos ercherōtos.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 13:18“six.”hōde tas sofias atō; tos echarōtos nouon psēfizatar ton arithmon teu thēreu, arithmos gar anthrōpou atō; kai tos arithmos auteu hexakosioi hexēkonta hex.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.

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Luke 13:14“six”apokriniratos de tos archisunagōgos, aganaktarōtos hoti te sabbate therapeuata tos Iēsus, legate to ochlo hoti Hex hēmerais alō en hai datō ergazerō; en autai oun ercherōtois therapeuivōr kai mē ta hēmera teu sabbateu.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.”