Hexapla

(hek’sa-pli), n. [Gr. ra éard a, neut. pl of é£ariéoc, contr. éardovc, sixfold, ¢ é&, = six, + -ro0c = L. -plus, akin to KH. -fold, q. v.] An edition of the Bible in six versions. The name is especially given to a collection of texts of the Old Testament collated by Origen. It contained in six parallel columns the Hebrew text in Hebrew characters and in Greek characters, the Septuagint with critical emendations, and versions by Symmachus, Aquila, and Theodotion. ‘There were also fragments of several other versions.