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HEXAPLA (Gr. for " sixfold ")
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HEXAPLA (Gr. for " sixfold "), the term for an edition of the Bible in six versions, and especially the edition of the Old Testament compiled by Origen, which placed side by side (I) Hebrew, (2) Hebrew in Greek character, (3). Aquila, (4) Symmachus, (5) Septuagint, (6) Theodotion. See BIBLE: Old Testament, Texts and Versions.