ἑξήκοντα
hexēkonta
sixty
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἑξήκοντα (hexēkonta) is a simple numerical term that translates to "sixty." It appears nine times in the Bible, indicating its relatively limited but specific usage. This word is used to express a quantity, often in the context of counting or measuring. Its significance lies in its ability to convey a precise number, providing clarity and accuracy in various situations. In the context of the Bible, the use of ἑξήκοντα may be seen as a way to emphasize the magnitude or extent of something, such as a large number of people or a significant amount of time.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
9 total occurrences across the text
Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
Matthew 13:23What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Mark 4:8Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”
Mark 4:20Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”
Luke 24:13Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
1 Timothy 5:9Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
Revelation 11:3I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Revelation 12:6The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
Revelation 13:18Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.