octateuch

[ ok-tuh-took, -tyook ]

noun

1. the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.

Word History and Origins

Origin of octateuch¹

1670–80; < Late Latin octateuchus < Greek oktáteuchos, equivalent to okta- octa- + teûchos container for scrolls

Example Sentences

Among the words that were misspelled: chanoyu, scarlatina, tilleul, preterition, quadrumanous and octateuch.

From The Guardian

Among the words that were misspelled: chanoyu, scarlatina, tilleul, preterition, quadrumanous and octateuch.

From US News

Among the words that were misspelled: chanoyu, scarlatina, tilleul, preterition, quadrumanous and octateuch.

From Washington Times

The like was mentioned in the Octateuch of Ostanes; and moreover, in Persia and in other parts of the East they erected temples to the serpent tribe, and held festivals to their honour, esteeming them the supreme of all Gods, and the superintendents of the whole world.

From Project Gutenberg

From the work of one of these two persons, Philo of Byblus quotes a passage—the work he calls the Octateuch—and Pliny notes down apparently some of the doctrines of the first Osthanes.

From Project Gutenberg