octateuch
[ ok-tuh-took, -tyook ]
/ ˈɒk təˌtuk, -ˌtyuk /
noun
the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.
Origin of octateuch
1670–80; < Late Latin
octateuchus < Greek
oktáteuchos, equivalent to
okta-
octa- +
teûchos container for scrolls
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