ἑξήκοντα G1835
Sixty; the cardinal number between fifty-nine and sixty-one.
The indeclinable Greek cardinal number for sixty. It appears in the NT in agricultural and geographic contexts: the sixtyfold yield in Jesus' parable of the sower (Matt 13:8, 13:23; Mark 4:8, 4:20), the sixty stadia distance to Emmaus (Luke 24:13), and symbolic measurements in Revelation. The parable usage is especially notable — sixty sits between thirty and a hundred as a middle tier of fruitfulness, a detail preserved identically across Spanish 'sesenta,' French 'soixante,' and German 'sechzig.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — The cardinal number sixty, used in the NT for quantities, measurements, and proportional yields. Its most prominent appearances are in the parable of the sower, where sixtyfold represents the middle level of fruitfulness between thirty and a hundred (Matt 13:8, 13:23; Mark 4:8, 4:20). It also marks the distance from Jerusalem to Emmaus as sixty stadia (Luke 24:13) and appears in age qualifications and apocalyptic measurements (1 Tim 5:9; Rev 13:18). All target languages use their standard numeral: Spanish 'sesenta,' French 'soixante,' German 'sechzig.' 9×
AR["سِتِّينَ", "سِتّينَ", "وَسِتُّونَ", "وَسِتّينَ"]·ben["ষাট", "ষাট,"]·DE["sechzig", "ἑξήκοντα"]·EN["sixty"]·FR["soixante"]·heb["שִׁשִּׁים"]·HI["छियासठ", "सअथ", "साठ", "साठ।"]·ID["enam-puluh", "enam-puluh,", "enam-puluh."]·IT["exēkonta", "sessanta"]·jav["sawidak,", "sewidak", "sewidak,"]·KO["예순", "육십", "육십,"]·PT["sessenta", "sessenta,"]·RU["шестидесяти", "шестьдесят", "шестьдесят,", "шестьдесят."]·ES["sesenta"]·SW["na-sitini,", "na-sitini.", "sitini", "sitini,"]·TR["altmış", "altmış,"]·urd["ساٹھ"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἑξήκοντα (ϝεξ- Refs 5th c.BC+, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable, sixty, Refs 8th c.BC+; οἱ ἑ., a college of γελωτοποιοί at Athens, Telephan. cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+