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HEXAPLA

Definition: HEXAPLA

HEXAPLA

Singular

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Hexapla \Hex"a*pla\, noun. Etym. plural, but syntactically sing. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from, contr., sixfold.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Specialty Definitions: HEXAPLA

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Literature

Hexapla A book containing the text of the Bible in Hebrew and Greek, with four translations, viz. the Septuagint, with those of Aquila, Theodotion, and Symmachus. The whole is printed in six columns on the page. This was the work of Origen, who also added marginal notes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: HEXAPLA

Etymologies containing "HEXAPLA": Octapla. (references)

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Commercial Usage: HEXAPLA

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Books

  • English Hexapla Bible Exhibiting The Six Important English Translations of the New Testament Scriptures, Wycliffe, Tyndale, Cranmer, Genevan, Anglo-Rhemish, Authorized rr 1611 King James Version (1841) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HEXAPLA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hexapla

3
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Derivations: HEXAPLA

Derivations

Words beginning with "HEXAPLA": hexaplar, hexaplas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "HEXAPLA"

Words rhyming with "HEXAPLA" (pronounced 'Hex"a*pla'): Anopla, Enopla, Octapla, Tetrapla. (additional references)

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Anagrams: HEXAPLA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-l-p-x"

-2 letters: aleph, alpha, hapax, palea.

-3 letters: alae, apex, axal, axel, axle, epha, hale, heal, heap, help, leap, pale, peal, plea.

-4 letters: aah, aal, aha, ala, ale, alp, ape, axe, hae, hap, hep, hex, lap, lax, lea, lex, pah, pal, pax, pea, peh.

-5 letters: aa, ae, ah, al, ax, eh, el, ex, ha, he, la, pa.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-l-p-x"
 

+1 letter: hexaplar, hexaplas.

 

+2 letters: phalanxes.

 

+4 letters: anaphylaxes.

 

+5 letters: morphallaxes, trophallaxes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HEXAPLA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 45 58 41 50 4C 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01000101 01011000 01000001 01010000 01001100 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0045 0058 0041 0050 004C 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42395835504635

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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