Octateuch

//ˈɒktətjuːk// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament.

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”).

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