What does ἕξ (héx) mean in the Bible?
ἕξ (héx) is a Greek word meaning "six".
Greek · G1803
ἕξ
Six
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ἕξ G1803
Pronunciation héx
What does ἕξ (héx) mean in the Bible?
ἕξ (héx) is a Greek word meaning "six".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1803?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include six (7), . . . (3), [a half] (2), a half (1).
Where does ἕξ (héx) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 17:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), John (3), Luke (2), Revelation (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It six 7× Matthew 17:1, Mark 9:2, Luke 13:14, John 2:6
. . . 3× John 2:20, Acts 27:37, Revelation 13:18
[a half] 2× Acts 18:11, James 5:17
a half 1× Luke 4:25
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 17:1 ἓξ to six Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Mark 9:2 ἓξ to six Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Luke 4:25 ἕξ to a half Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 13:14 Ἓξ to six Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural John 2:6 ἓξ to six Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural John 2:20 ἓξ to . . . Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural John 12:1 ἓξ to Six Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural Acts 11:12 ἓξ to six Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 18:11 ἓξ to [a half] Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 27:37 ἕξ to . . . Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 17:1
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 7
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 2 John 3 Acts 3 James 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
ἓξ 7x hex Matthew 17:1, Mark 9:2, John 2:6, John 2:20
ἕξ 5x hex Luke 4:25, Acts 27:37, James 5:17, Revelation 4:8
Ἓξ 1x Hex Luke 13:14
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural 3x Matthew 17:1, Mark 9:2, Revelation 4:8
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 3x Luke 4:25, Acts 18:11, James 5:17
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 3x Luke 13:14, John 2:6, Acts 27:37
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Acts 11:12, Revelation 13:18
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural 1x John 2:20
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x John 12:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. six
Strong's G1803
Lexical occurrences 13 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 6 forms 13 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
six
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 17:1 Numeral
ἓξ ex
six
Read verse Mark 9:2 Numeral
ἓξ ex
six
Read verse Luke 4:25 Numeral
ἕξ, ex
six
Read verse Luke 13:14 Numeral
Ἓξ ex
six
Read verse John 2:6 Numeral
ἓξ ex
six
Read verse John 2:20 Numeral
ἓξ ex
six
Read verse John 12:1 Numeral
ἓξ ex
six
Read verse Acts 11:12 Numeral
ἓξ ex
six
Read verse Acts 18:11 Numeral
ἕξ, ex
six
Read verse James 5:17 Numeral
ἕξ. ex
six
Read verse Revelation 4:8 Numeral
ἓξ ex
six
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 13 Case pattern Accusative (6) Number pattern Plural (13)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Luke 13:14 · John 2:6 · Acts 27:37 3×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 11:12 · Rev 13:18 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine John 12:1 1×
Dative · Plural · Neuter John 2:20 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 17:1 · Mark 9:2 · Rev 4:8 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 4:25 · Acts 18:11 · Jas 5:17 3×
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain