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HEXAPLA (Gr. for " sixfold ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 418 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HEXAPLA (Gr. for " sixfold ")

HEXAPLA (Gr. for " sixfold ") , the See also:

TERM

term for an edition of the See also:

Bible in six versions, and especially the edition of the Old Testament compiled by See also:

ORIGEN (c. 185-c. 254)

Origen, which placed See also:

side by side (I) See also:

HEBREW

Hebrew, (2) Hebrew in See also:

Greek See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, (3) . See also:

Aquila, (4) See also:

SYMMACHUS

Symmachus, (5) See also:

SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint, (6) Theodotion . See BIBLE: Old Testament, Texts and Versions .

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