What does ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta) mean in the Bible?
ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta) is a Greek word meaning "sixty".
Greek · G1835
ἑξήκοντα
Sixty
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ἑξήκοντα G1835
Pronunciation hexḗkonta
What does ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta) mean in the Bible?
ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta) is a Greek word meaning "sixty".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1835?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sixtyfold (4), . . . (3), about seven miles (1), sixty (1).
Where does ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Mark (2), Matthew (2), 1 Timothy (1).
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 sixtyfold 4× Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23, Mark 4:8, Mark 4:20
. . . 3× Revelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6, Revelation 13:18
about seven miles 1× Luke 24:13
sixty 1× 1 Timothy 5:9
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:8 ἑξήκοντα to sixtyfold Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 13:23 ἑξήκοντα to sixtyfold Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Mark 4:8 ἑξήκοντα to sixtyfold Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Mark 4:20 ἑξήκοντα to sixtyfold Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Luke 24:13 ἑξήκοντα to about seven miles Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1 Timothy 5:9 ἑξήκοντα to sixty Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Revelation 11:3 ἑξήκοντα to . . . Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 12:6 ἑξήκοντα to . . . Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Revelation 13:18 ἑξήκοντα to . . . Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:8
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 5
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Luke 1 1 Timothy 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
ἑξήκοντα 9x hexēkonta Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23, Mark 4:8, Mark 4:20
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 4x Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23, Mark 4:8, Mark 4:20
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural 2x Revelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 24:13
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x 1 Timothy 5:9
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 13:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. sixty
Strong's G1835
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 5 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
sixty
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:8 Numeral
ἑξήκοντα, exhkonta
sixty
Read verse Matthew 13:23 Numeral
ἑξήκοντα, exhkonta
sixty
Read verse Mark 4:8 Numeral
ἑξήκοντα, exhkonta
sixty
Read verse Mark 4:20 Numeral
ἑξήκοντα, exhkonta
sixty
Read verse Luke 24:13 Numeral
ἑξήκοντα exhkonta
sixty
Read verse 1 Timothy 5:9 Numeral
ἑξήκοντα, exhkonta
sixty
Read verse Revelation 11:3 Numeral
ἑξήκοντα exhkonta
sixty
Read verse Revelation 12:6 Numeral
ἑξήκοντα. exhkonta
sixty
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 5 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 5 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Accusative (7) Number pattern Plural (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rev 13:18 1×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter 1 Tim 5:9 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 13:8 · Matt 13:23 · Mark 4:8 · Mark 4:20 4×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rev 11:3 · Rev 12:6 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 24:13 1×
Word Origins
ἑξήκοντα is built from this root:
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