octateuch

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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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octateuch (plural octateuchs)

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