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Hexapla [Gr.,=sixfold], polyglot edition of the Hebrew Bible prepared by Origen (c.185-c.255). It was mainly in six columns—a Hebrew text (probably the Masoretic), a Greek transliteration of it, and four Greek versions (those of Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion, and a revised version of the Septuagint). For certain sections of the Hebrew text, three further Greek versions were added. Some fragments survive. See Polyglot Bible .

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Hexapla. The edition of the OT produced by Origen, in which the Hebrew text, the Hebrew text transliterated into Greek characters, and the four Greek versions of Aquila, Symmachus, the Septuagint (in a revised text with critical signs), and Theodotion were arranged in parallel columns. For some sections of the OT, up to three further Greek versions were added, making nine columns in all.

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Hexapla (Gk., ‘sixfold’). An edn. of the Old Testament produced by Origen in c.245 CE. In it the Hebrew text, the Heb. text in Greek. letters, and four Gk. versions were arranged in six parallel columns.

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