hexapla

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hex=a=pla

CIDE DICTIONARY

hexapla, n. Etym. pl., but syntactically sing. [NL., fr. Gr. , fr. , contr. , sixfold.].

 A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hexapla, n. a sixfold text, esp. of the Old Testament, in parallel columns.

Etymology

Gk neut. pl. of hexaploos (as HEXA-, ploos -fold), orig. of Origen's OT text