Heptateuch

American  

[hep-tuh-took, -tyook] / ˈhɛp təˌtuk, -ˌtyuk /

noun

1. the first seven books of the Old Testament.

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Heptateuch British  

/ ˈhɛptəˌtjuːk /

noun

1. the first seven books of the Old Testament

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

That the author of the Grammar, the compiler of the Homilies and the translator of the Heptateuch was the same individual, is evident from the prefaces to those works.

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham

Heptateuch, a name given to the first seven books of the Bible.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Heptateuch, hep′ta-tūk, n. a word sometimes used for the first seven books of the Old Testament—formed on the analogy of Pentateuch and Hexateuch.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various