ὈΚΤΩ, ὀκτω
OKTŌ, oktō
Sounds Like: OK-toh
Translations: eight
From the root: ΟΚΤΩ
Part of Speech: Numeral
Explanation: This word is a cardinal numeral meaning 'eight'. It is used to indicate a quantity of eight of something. It is indeclinable, meaning its form does not change regardless of the gender, number, or case of the noun it modifies.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:69
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 9:8
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 6:136, 6:153, 21:344
- Book 2 — 15:317
- Book 3 — 6:130, 10:245
- Book 4 — 4:67, 4:69, 7:172
- Book 5 — 1:91, 3:181, 11:359
- Book 6 — 5:84, 13:294, 14:378
- Book 7 — 6:127, 8:189, 12:307, 14:335, 14:365, 14:367
- Book 8 — 3:91, 10:250
- Book 9 — 5:104, 10:227
- Book 10 — 7:108, 9:174
- Book 11 — 5:157, 5:180
- Book 12 — 2:74, 7:322, 7:323, 7:324
- Book 13 — 7:228, 9:260, 12:337
- Book 15 — 11:392, 11:420
- Book 17 — 8:199
- Book 20 — 8:148, 10:231, 10:250
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 11:1, 12:26, 14:17, 14:22, 16:45, 16:51
- Book Four — 9:6, 11:23
- Book Five — 5:15
- Book Six — 1:67
- Book Seven — 8:35
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 138:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 5:28, 14:14, 17:12, 22:23, 46:22
- Exodus — 26:2, 26:25, 37:2
- Numbers — 7:8, 29:29, 35:7
- Deuteronomy — 2:14
- Joshua — 21:41, 24:33
- Judges — 3:8, 3:14, 10:8, 12:14, 20:44
- 2 Samuel — 8:13
- 1 Kings — 7:3, 7:31
- 2 Kings — 10:36, 22:1, 24:8, 25:17
- 1 Chronicles — 5:13, 12:31, 12:35, 16:38, 18:12, 23:3, 25:7, 26:9
- 2 Chronicles — 11:21, 21:5, 21:20, 29:17, 34:1, 36:9
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:41, 5:12, 5:18, 5:27, 8:37
- Ezra (Beta) — 2:23, 2:41, 8:9, 8:11, 8:18
- Nehemiah — 7:11, 7:15, 7:16, 7:17, 7:21, 7:22, 7:44, 7:45, 7:66, 11:6, 11:8, 11:14
- Tobit — 14:2, 14:11
- 1 Maccabees — 4:56, 4:59
- 2 Maccabees — 2:12, 5:14, 10:6, 11:2
- Jeremiah — 48:15, 52:22
- Ezekiel — 10:21, 40:9, 40:31, 40:34, 40:37, 40:41, 48:35
- Micah — 5:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
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