The '''Hexapla''' (gr. Ἑξαπλά) is an edition of the [[Old Testament]] prepared by [[Origen]] in the third century. The Hexapla was prepared in six (hence the name) columns containing different versions of the Scriptures. These included a Hebrew (probably the Masoretic) text, four different Greek versions (a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew text and versions by Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion), and the [[Septuagint]]: