Octapla

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From Late Latin Octapla, from Ancient Greek ὀκταπλά (oktaplá), neuter plural of ὀκταπλοῦς (oktaploûs, eightfold), from ὀκτα- (okta-, octa-: eight) + -πλοος (-ploos, -fold), used as the title of such an edition by Origen.

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Octapla

  1. A Biblical octapla: an edition of the Bible in eight parallel versions or languages.

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