Sixth
ἕκτοςStrong’s G1623hektos
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hektos is the Greek word usually translated “sixth”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sixth”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sixth 14
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 5
- Luke 3
- Matthew 2
- John 2
- Mark 1
- Acts 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 27:45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
- Mark 15:33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
- Luke 1:26And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
- Luke 1:36And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
- Luke 23:44And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
- John 4:6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
Greek dictionary
ἕκτος hektos · sixth
ἐκτός, adv. [in LXX Jdg.8:26 20:15, 3Ki.10:13, al. (בַּד, Jdg.5:28 (בַּד), בַּד), Sng.4:1-3 (בַּד), al, ;] 1. as adv., outside, beyond: τὸ ἐ., with poss. genitive, the outside, Mat.23:26; in late Gk. (see Deiss., BS, 118), pleonastic, ἐκτός εἰ μή, 1Co.14:5 15:2, 1Ti.5:19. 2. With force of prep., with genitive; (a) outside of: 1Co.6:18, 2Co.12:2; (b) beyond, besides, except: Act.26:22, 1Co.15:27.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sixth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SIXTH, adjective
The first after the fifth; the ordinal of six.
All definitions and other forms of “sixth”
SIXTH, noun
- The sixth part.
- In music, a hexachord, as interval of two kinds; the minor sixth consisting of three tones and two semitones major, and the major sixth composed of four tones and a major semitone.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.