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hexakosioihekkaidekaphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hex-ako-sioi-hekkaideka-pho-bia
IPA
63
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The irrational fear of the number 616.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑξακόσιοι (hexakósioi) + ἑκκαίδεκα (hekkaídeka) + English -phobia. Similar to hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, a fear of the number of the beast; In ancient copies of the Papyrus 115 discovered in the early 2000s in Revelation 13:18 suggests 616 as the number initially recorded for the number of the beast instead of 666.

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What does hexakosioihekkaidekaphobia mean?
The irrational fear of the number 616.
Where does hexakosioihekkaidekaphobia come from?
From Ancient Greek ἑξακόσιοι (hexakósioi) + ἑκκαίδεκα (hekkaídeka) + English -phobia. Similar to hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, a fear of the number of the beast; In ancient copies of the Papyrus 115 discovered in the early 2000s in Revelation 13:18 suggests 616 as the number initially recorded for the number of the beast instead of 666.

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