OCTAPLA

Etymology

Proper noun

Octapla

A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3rd century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.

Noun

Octapla

A multilingual book in eight languages.

Source: Wiktionary


Oc"ta*pla, n.; etymol. pl., but syntactically sing. Etym: [NL., fr.Gr. -pla, as in E. hexapla; cf.Gr.

Definition: A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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