whence Eng. prefix, hex---, is used separately from other numerals in Matthew 17:1; Mark 9:2; Luke 4:25; 13:14; John 2:6; 12:1; Acts 11:12; 18:11; James 5:17; Revelation 4:8 . It sometimes suggests incompleteness, in comparison with the perfect number seven.
Notes: (1) In combination with tessarakonta, "forty," it occurs in John 2:20; with hebdomekonta, "seventy," Acts 27:37 , "(two hundred) threescore and sixteen." (2) It forms the first syllable of hexekonta, "sixty" (see below) and hexakosioi, "six hundred," Revelation 13:18 (see SIXTY , Note); 14:20.