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Octapla

Oc"ta*pla\, n.; etymol. pl., but syntactically sing. [NL., fr.Gr. ? (for ? eight) + -pla, as in E. hexapla; cf.Gr. ? eightfold.] 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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