Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sextuple; containing six columns; specifically (with a capital initial letter), of or pertaining to the Hexapla.
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His recension, copied by Pamphilus and Eusebius, is called the hexaplar, to distinguish it from the version previously employed and which is called the common, vulgate, koine, or ante-hexaplar.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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It was from Origen's hexaplar text; printer in 1514-18, it was not published till it appeared in the Polyglot of Cardinal Ximenes in
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The "Codex Vaticanus" is the purest of the three; it generally gives the more ancient text, while the "Codex Alexandrinus" borrows much from the hexaplar text and is changed according to the Massoretic text (The "Codex Vaticanus" is referred to by the letter B; the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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