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 ==== === References === “octateuch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Further reading === octateuch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia