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‖ octapla|ˈɒktəplə|
Also anglicized octaples.
[ad. Gr. ὀκταπλᾶ, neuter pl. of ὀκταπλοῦς eight-fold, after hexapla. Cf. mod.F. octaples (Littré).]
A text consisting of eight versions, esp. of the Scriptures, in parallel arrangement.
1684N. S. Crit. Enq. Edit. Bible xviii. 178 Origen never wrote any Octaples. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. iv. (1721) 216 St. Hierome had not only the Aid of the Learned Origen (his Hexaples and Octaples) but he himself also was a great Hebraition. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Octapla, a term in the sacred learning, used for a kind of ancient polyglot bible, consisting of eight columns. 1831–3E. Burton Eccl. Hist. xxiv. (1845) 516 Having succeeded in finding 2 other Greek translations, he [Origen] added them to the rest (the Hexapla); and thus the whole was arranged in eight columns, and was published with the name of Octapla. |