ἕκτος hektos

Greek word for “sixth” · Strong’s G1623 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

ἐκτός; adv.; 1. as adv., outside, beyond: τὸ ἐ., with poss.

How it is translated

Glosses given for hektos in context, with how often each is used:

• sixth 14

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 1 (2), Revelation 9 (2), Matthew 20 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 23 (1), John 4 (1), John 19 (1), Acts 10 (1), Revelation 6 (1)

Forms

• ἕκτος 4
• ἕκτην 3
• ἕκτη 3
• ἕκτης 2
• ἕκτῳ 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hektos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἔννατος ennatos “ninth (hour)” 5
• ὥρα hōra “hour” 7
• σκότος skotos “darkness” 3
• Εὐφράτης Euphratēs “Euphrates” 2
• ὅλος holos “all” 3
• ποταμός potamos “river” 2
• μήν mēn “month” 2
• ἕως heōs “until” 3
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 3
• ἥλιος hēlios “sun” 2
• τέσσαρες tessares “four” 2
• γῆ gē “earth” 3

Key verses

The verses using hektos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 20:5 — Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
• Matthew 27:45 — Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
• Mark 15:33 — And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
• Luke 1:26 — And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
• Luke 23:44 — And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
• John 4:6 — Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
• John 19:14 — And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
• Acts 10:9 — On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
• Revelation 6:12 — And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as…
• Revelation 9:13 — And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
• Revelation 9:14 — Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
• Revelation 16:12 — And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.