octapla

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octapla - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Octapla \Oc"ta*pla\, prop. n.; etymol. pl., but syntactically
     sing. [NL., fr. Gr. 'okta- (for 'oktw` 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.
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