Hexapla
English
Etymology
From hexapla, from Ancient Greek ἑξαπλά (hexaplá), neuter plural of ἑξαπλοῦς (hexaploûs, “sixfold”), from ἕξ- (héx-, “hexa-: six”) + -πλοος (-ploos, “-fold”), used as the title of such an edition by Origen.
Proper noun
Hexapla (plural Hexaplas)
Derived terms
- Hexaplar, Hexaplarian, Hexaplaric
Related terms
Translations
edition of the Bible
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References
- “hexapla, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
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