ektos · sixth

What it means

ektos (ἐκτός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sixth”.

"the sixth hour", noon.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What follows the fifth in a series; of the hour of the day, around noon.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×1
• Luke×3
• John×2
• Acts×1
• Revelation×5

• Matthew 20:5

  And they went. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour and did the same.

• Matthew 27:45

  Now from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

• Mark 15:33

  And when the sixth hour came, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

• Luke 1:26

  And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth,

• Luke 1:36

  And look, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;

• Luke 23:44

  And it was already about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,

• John 4:6

  Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired from the journey, was sitting like that by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

• John 19:14

  Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews, “Look, your king!”

• Acts 10:9

  And on the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray, about the sixth hour.

• Revelation 6:12

  And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake took place, and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood,

• Revelation 9:13

  And the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar that is before God,

• Revelation 9:14

  saying to the sixth angel, the one who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

• Revelation 16:12

  And the sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.

• Revelation 21:20

  the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.