octateuch
English
Etymology
From the Late Latin octateuchus, from the Byzantine Greek ὀκτάτευχος [βίβλος] (oktáteukhos [bíblos], “[a volume] containing [the first] eight books [of the Old Testament]”), from the Ancient Greek ὀκτα- (okta-, “eight”, combining variant of ὀκτώ) + τεῦχος (teûkhos, “book”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒktətjuːk/
Noun
octateuch (plural octateuchs)
- A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament.
Related terms
- Tetrateuch
- Pentateuch
- Hexateuch
- Heptateuch
Translations
collection of eight books
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Further reading
octateuch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for octateuch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)