What does ἑξῆς (hexēs) mean in the Bible?
ἑξῆς (hexēs) is a Greek word meaning "successive".
Greek · G1836
ἑξῆς
Successive
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ἑξῆς G1836
Pronunciation hexēs
What does ἑξῆς (hexēs) mean in the Bible?
ἑξῆς (hexēs) is a Greek word meaning "successive".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1836?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include next [day] (3), . . . (1), next (1).
Where does ἑξῆς (hexēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 7:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Luke (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 next [day] 3× Acts 21:1, Acts 25:17, Acts 27:18
. . . 1× Luke 7:11
next 1× Luke 9:37
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 7:11
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
Luke 2 Acts 3
Source forms
ἑξῆς 5x hexēs Luke 7:11, Luke 9:37, Acts 21:1, Acts 25:17
Parsing patterns
Adverb 5x Luke 7:11, Luke 9:37, Acts 21:1, Acts 25:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. successive
Strong's G1836
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 1 form 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
successive
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 7:11 Adverb
ἑξῆς, exhv
next in order, the next day
Read verse Luke 9:37 Adverb
ἑξῆς exhv
next in order, the next day
Read verse Acts 21:1 Adverb
ἑξῆς exhv
next in order, the next day
Read verse Acts 25:17 Adverb
ἑξῆς exhv
next in order, the next day
Read verse Acts 27:18 Adverb
ἑξῆς exhv
next in order, the next day
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 5
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Luke 7:11 · Luke 9:37 · Acts 21:1 · Acts 25:17 · Acts 27:18 5×
Word Origins
ἑξῆς is built from this root:
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