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Strong's G1623 ἕκτος (hektos)

Hektos means “sixth” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1623 — garad (“scrape”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1623
Language Greek
Linked Usages 48
Books 22

Strong's G1623 Quick Answer

Strong's G1623 ἕκτος (hektos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hektos (hek'-tos) adj. 1. sixth [ordinal from G1803] It has 48 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include sixth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
hektos (hek'-tos) adj. 1. sixth [ordinal from G1803]
Usage
48 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
sixth

Meaning and Definition

hektos (hek'-tos) adj. 1. sixth [ordinal from G1803] KJV: sixth Root(s): G1803

Original Word
ἕκτος
Transliteration
hektos
Derivation
Root: ἕξ R1: 1803
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1623. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

sixth

Usage: ἐκτός, adv. [in LXX Jdg.8:26 20:15, 3Ki.10:13, al. (בַּד, Jdg.5:28 (בַּד), בַּד), Sng.4:1-3 (בַּד), al, ;] __1. as adv., outside, beyond: τὸ ἐ., with poss. genitive, the outside, Mat.23:26; in late Gk. (see Deiss., BS, 118), pleonastic, ἐκτός εἰ μή, 1Co.14:5 15:2, 1Ti.5:19. __2. With force of prep., with genitive; __(a) outside of: 1Co.6:18, 2Co.12:2; __(b) beyond, besides, except: Act.26:22, 1Co.15:27.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1623 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hektos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

sixth Matthew 20:5 14×

How Strong's G1623 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 30 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1623 (ἕκτος) appears 36 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1623 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1623 in the New Testament

14 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 20:5 KJV

Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

Matthew 27:45 KJV

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Mark 15:33 KJV

And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Strong's G1623 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:31 Septuagint / Brenton

And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 2:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made.

Genesis 30:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.

Strong's G1623 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 7:5 Septuagint / Brenton

the holy house was finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of King Darius.

1 Maccabees 2:70 Septuagint / Brenton

And he died in the hundred forty and sixth year, and his sons buried him in the sepulchers of his fathers at Modein, and all Israel made great lamentation for him.

2 Maccabees 7:18 Septuagint / Brenton

After him also they brought the sixth, who being ready to die said, Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God: therefore marvelous things are done unto us.

Usage Excerpts

First 48 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1623.

Genesis 1:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 2:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made.
Genesis 30:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
Exodus 16:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall prepare whatsoever they have brought in, and it shall be double of what they shall have gathered for the day, daily.
Exodus 16:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the sixth day, they gathered double what was needed, two omers for one man; and all the chiefs of the synagogue went in and reported it to Moses.
Exodus 16:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
See, for the Lord has given you this day as the Sabbath, therefore he has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: ye shall sit each of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh day.
Exodus 26:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt join the five skins together, and the six skins together; and thou shalt double the sixth skin in front of the tabernacle.
Leviticus 25:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then will I send my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and the land shall produce its fruits for three years.
Leviticus 25:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if his hand have not prospered sufficiently, so as that he should restore the money to him, then he that bought the possessions shall have them till the sixth year of the release; and it shall go out in the release, and the owner shall return to his possession.
Numbers 7:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On the sixth day the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Numbers 29:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On the sixth day eight calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish.
Joshua 19:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sixth lot came out to Naphtali.
2 Kingdoms 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sixth was Ithream, the son of Eglah the wife of David. These were born to David in Hebron.
4 Kingdoms 18:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took it at the end of three years, in the sixth year of Hezekiah (this is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, when Samaria was taken).
1 Chronicles 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.
1 Chronicles 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fifth, Shephatiah, the son of Abital; the sixth, Ithream, born of Eglah his wife.
1 Chronicles 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
1 Chronicles 24:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
1 Chronicles 25:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the sixth Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
1 Chronicles 26:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the fifth Elam, the sixth Jehohanan, the seventh Eliehoenai, the eighth Obed-edom.
1 Chronicles 26:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth: for God blessed him.
1 Chronicles 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty and four thousand.
Ezra 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
Nehemiah 3:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
Ezekiel 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt drink water by measure, even from time to time thou shalt drink the sixth part of a hin.
Ezekiel 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in the house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me: and the hand of the Lord came upon me.
Ezekiel 45:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the firstfruits which ye shall offer; a sixth part of a homer of wheat, and the sixth part of it shall consist of an ephah of a cor of barley.
Ezekiel 46:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall prepare a freewill offering for it in the morning, the sixth part of a measure of flour, and a third part of a hin of oil to mix therewith the fine flour, as a freewill offering to the Lord, a perpetual ordinance.
Haggai 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Haggai, saying, Speak to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, of the tribe of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
Haggai 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
on the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
Matthew 20:5 New Testament, KJV
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
Matthew 27:45 New Testament, KJV
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Mark 15:33 New Testament, KJV
And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Luke 1:26 New Testament, KJV
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
Luke 1:36 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
Luke 23:44 New Testament, KJV
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
John 4:6 New Testament, KJV
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
John 19:14 New Testament, KJV
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
Acts 10:9 New Testament, KJV
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
Revelation 6:12 New Testament, KJV
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Revelation 9:13 New Testament, KJV
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Revelation 9:14 New Testament, KJV
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Revelation 16:12 New Testament, KJV
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Revelation 21:20 New Testament, KJV
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
1 Esdras 7:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
the holy house was finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of King Darius.
1 Maccabees 2:70 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he died in the hundred forty and sixth year, and his sons buried him in the sepulchers of his fathers at Modein, and all Israel made great lamentation for him.
2 Maccabees 7:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
After him also they brought the sixth, who being ready to die said, Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God: therefore marvelous things are done unto us.
4 Maccabees 11:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He also being dead, the sixth, quite a youth, was brought out; and on the tyrant asking him whether he would eat and be delivered, he said,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1623, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 5 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1623 FAQ

What does hektos (ἕκτος) mean?

Hektos (Strong's G1623) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sixth". hektos (hek'-tos) adj. 1. sixth [ordinal from G1803]

How many times is hektos (ἕκτος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 48 linked usages for Strong's G1623 across 22 books.

Where can I study hektos (ἕκτος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1623 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate hektos (ἕκτος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sixth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1623 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 30 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1623, with linked reader references where each row is available.