ἕξ hex

Greek word for “six” · Strong’s G1803 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

ἕξ, οἱ, αἱ, τά; indecl.; six:, al.;

How it is translated

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

• six 13

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 2 (2), Matthew 17 (1), Mark 9 (1), Luke 4 (1), Luke 13 (1), John 12 (1), Acts 11 (1), Acts 18 (1), Acts 27 (1), James 5 (1)

Forms

• ἓξ 8
• ἕξ 5

Words used with it

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

• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 7
• τρεῖς treis “Three” 4
• μήν mēn “month” 3
• ἀναφέρω anapherō “to carry up” 2
• ὑψηλός hupsēlos “high” 2
• ἀνά ana “each” 2
• ἐνιαυτός eniautos “year” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 4
• Ἡλίας Hēlias “Elijah” 2
• Ἰάκωβος Iakōbos “James” 2
• ἔτος etos “year” 2
• παραλαμβάνω paralambanō “to take” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 17:1 — And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
• Mark 9:2 — And 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…
• Luke 4:25 — But 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…
• Luke 13:14 — And 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…
• John 2:6 — And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
• John 12:1 — Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
• Acts 11:12 — And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house:
• Acts 18:11 — And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
• Acts 27:37 — And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
• James 5:17 — Elias 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…
• Revelation 4:8 — And 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…
• Revelation 13:18 — Here 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.

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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.