Lexicon
ἑξακόσιοι
hexakosioi
G1812
G:A Greek

six hundred

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Hexakosioi denotes the six-hundred element within numerical expressions, including a number and a measured distance.

The attested use is numerical: it supplies the six-hundred element in the number associated with the wild animal in Revelation 13:18 and in the distance measured in stadia in Revelation 14:20.

Senses in use

  1. Six-hundred element in a numerical expression · dominant

    In Revelation 13:18, the nominative plural masculine form occurs in the clause about calculating the wild animal's number; the APB renders the completed number as “six hundred sixty-six.” In Revelation 14:20, the genitive plural masculine form occurs in the measurement of the distance from the winepress; the APB renders it as “one thousand six hundred stadia.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as part of completed numerical expressions: “six hundred sixty-six” in Revelation 13:18 and “one thousand six hundred stadia” in Revelation 14:20. These renderings show the verse-level numerical expressions rather than isolating each original-language element.

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