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)

1. A Biblical hexapla: an edition of the Bible in six parallel versions or languages.

Derived terms

• Hexaplar, Hexaplarian, Hexaplaric

Related terms

• Octapla

Translations

edition of the Bible

• Finnish: Hexapla

References

• “hexapla, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.