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octateuch

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oc⋅ta⋅teuch

  [ok-tuh-took, -tyook]
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–noun
the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.
Origin:
1670–80; < LL octateuchus < Gk oktáteuchos, equiv. to okta- octa- + teûchos container for scrolls
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