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Hexateuch

[hek-suh-took, -tyook]

noun

  1. the first six books of the Old Testament.



Hexateuch

/ ˈhɛksəˌtjuːk /

noun

  1. the first six books of the Old Testament

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • Hexateuchal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hexateuch1

First recorded in 1875–80; hexa- + (Penta)teuch
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hexateuch1

C19: from hexa- + Greek teukhos a book
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Example Sentences

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The hypothesis that Ex. xxxiv. 10-26 originally stood in a different connexion, and was misplaced at some stage in the redaction of the Hexateuch, does not help us, since it would still have to be admitted that the editor to whom we owed the present form of the chapter identified this little code of religious observances with the Ten Words.

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Hexateuch, heks′a-tūk, n. the first six books of the Old Testament.—adj.

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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.

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In the view of this editor the Decalogue alone formed the basis of the covenant at Sinai-Horeb, and in order to retain J’s version, he represented it as a renewal of the tables of stone which Moses had broken.8 The legislation contained in xxxiv. 10-26, which may be described as the oldest legal code of the Hexateuch, is almost entirely religious.

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The book of Exodus, however, like the other books of the Hexateuch, is a composite work which has passed, so to speak, through many editions; hence the order of events given above cannot lay claim to any higher authority than that of the latest editor.

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