hexapla

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

hex=a=pla

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hexapla, n. Etym. pl., but syntactically sing. [NL., fr. Gr. , fr. , contr. , sixfold.].

A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

hexapla, n. a sixfold text, esp. of the Old Testament, in parallel columns.

Etymology

Gk neut. pl. of hexaploos (as HEXA-, ploos -fold), orig. of Origen's OT text