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hexaplaric

adjective, often capitalized
hex·​a·​plar·​ic | \¦heksə¦plarik\
variants: or less commonly hexaplarian \ ¦⸗⸗¦pla(a)rēən \

Definition of hexaplaric 

: of or relating to a hexapla especially : of or relating to the edition of the Old Testament compiled by Origen in the 3d century a.d. and consisting of the Hebrew text, a transliteration in Greek, and the Greek versions of Aquila, Symmachus, the Septuagint, and Theodotion

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