1803. hex
Strong's Lexicon
hex: Six

Original Word: ἕξ
Part of Speech: Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective)
Transliteration: hex
Pronunciation: heks
Phonetic Spelling: (hex)
Definition: Six
Meaning: six.

Word Origin: A primary numeral

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Hebrew 8337: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) - The Hebrew numeral for six.

Usage: The Greek word "ἕξ" (hex) is the numeral for the number six. It is used in the New Testament to denote quantity, often in contexts involving counting or specifying amounts. As a numeral, it is straightforward in its application, appearing in lists, measurements, and descriptions.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the biblical context, numbers often carry symbolic significance. The number six is traditionally seen as representing imperfection or incompleteness, as it falls short of the number seven, which symbolizes completeness or divine perfection. This symbolism is rooted in the creation narrative, where God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. In the Greco-Roman world, numbers were also significant in various philosophical and religious systems, often carrying mystical or symbolic meanings.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. cardinal number
Definition
six
NASB Translation
forty-six* (1), seventy-six* (1), six (10), sixty-six* (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1803: ἕξ

ἕξ, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable numeral, six: Matthew 17:1; Luke 13:14, etc.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
six.

A primary numeral; six -- six.

Forms and Transliterations
εξ ἕξ ἓξ ex hex héx hèx
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 17:1 Adj
GRK: μεθ' ἡμέρας ἓξ παραλαμβάνει ὁ
NAS: Six days later
KJV: And after six days Jesus
INT: after days six takes with [him]

Mark 9:2 Adj
GRK: μετὰ ἡμέρας ἓξ παραλαμβάνει ὁ
NAS: Six days later,
KJV: And after six days Jesus
INT: after days six takes with [him]

Luke 4:25 Adj
GRK: καὶ μῆνας ἕξ ὡς ἐγένετο
NAS: years and six months,
KJV: years and six months, when
INT: and months six when there was

Luke 13:14 Adj
GRK: ὄχλῳ ὅτι Ἓξ ἡμέραι εἰσὶν
NAS: in response, There are six days
KJV: unto the people, There are six days in
INT: crowd Six days they are

John 2:6 Adj
GRK: λίθιναι ὑδρίαι ἓξ κατὰ τὸν
NAS: Now there were six stone waterpots
KJV: set there six waterpots of stone,
INT: of stone water pots six acccording to to the

John 2:20 Adj
GRK: Τεσσεράκοντα καὶ ἓξ ἔτεσιν οἰκοδομήθη
KJV: Forty and six years was
INT: Forty and six years was building

John 12:1 Adj
GRK: Ἰησοῦς πρὸ ἓξ ἡμερῶν τοῦ
NAS: Jesus, therefore, six days before
KJV: Then Jesus six days before
INT: Jesus before six days the

Acts 11:12 Adj
GRK: καὶ οἱ ἓξ ἀδελφοὶ οὗτοι
NAS: misgivings. These six brethren also
KJV: these six brethren
INT: also six brothers these

Acts 18:11 Adj
GRK: καὶ μῆνας ἓξ διδάσκων ἐν
NAS: [there] a year and six months,
KJV: and six months,
INT: and months six teaching among

Acts 27:37 Adj
GRK: διακόσιαι ἑβδομήκοντα ἕξ
KJV: threescore and sixteen souls.
INT: two hundred seventy six

James 5:17 Adj
GRK: καὶ μῆνας ἕξ
NAS: for three years and six months.
KJV: years and six months.
INT: and months six

Revelation 4:8 Adj
GRK: ἀνὰ πτέρυγας ἕξ κυκλόθεν καὶ
NAS: one of them having six wings, are full
KJV: each of them six wings about
INT: respectively wings six around and

Revelation 13:18 Adj
GRK: ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ
INT: six hundred sixty six

Strong's Greek 1803
13 Occurrences


ἓξ — 13 Occ.

















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