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Heptateuch

[hep-tuh-took, -tyook]
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noun
  1. the first seven books of the Old Testament.
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Origin of Heptateuch

< Late Latin Heptateuchos < Late Greek Heptáteuchos the first seven books of the Old Testament, equivalent to Greek hepta- hepta- + teûchos a book
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  • Heptateuch, a name given to the first seven books of the Bible.

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

    Edited by Rev. James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for heptateuch

Heptateuch

noun
  1. the first seven books of the Old Testament
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Word Origin

C17: from Late Latin Heptateuchos, from Greek hepta- + teukhos book
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