Sixty
ἑξήκονταStrong’s G1835hexēkonta
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hexēkonta is the Greek word usually translated “sixty”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,”
Meaning
Usually translated “sixty”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sixty 9
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 3
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- Luke 1
- 1 Timothy 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 13:8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
- Matthew 13:23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
- Mark 4:8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
- Mark 4:20And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
- Luke 24:13And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
- Revelation 11:3And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Greek dictionary
ἑξήκοντα hexēkonta · sixty
ἑξήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά indecl., sixty: Mat.13:8, 23, Mrk.4:8, 20, Luk.24:13, 1Ti.5:9, Rev.11:3 Rev.12:6 Rev.13:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sixty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SIX'TY, adjective
Ten times six.
All definitions and other forms of “sixty”
SIX'TY, noun
The number of six times ten.
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.