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octateuch

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[ok-tuh-took, -tyook] / ˈɒk təˌtuk, -ˌtyuk /

noun

  1. the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.

Etymology

Origin of octateuch

1670–80; < Late Latin octateuchus < Greek oktáteuchos, equivalent to okta- octa- + teûchos container for scrolls

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