单词 | octapla |
释义 | octaplan. A text consisting of eight versions in parallel columns, esp. of the Old or New Testament. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > parallel texts > [noun] hexapla1613 octaples1684 tetrapla1684 octapla1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Octapla, a Term in the sacred Learning, used for a kind of Polyglot Bibles, consisting of eight Columns. 1833 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. ii. xxiv. 306 Having succeeded in finding two other Greek translations, he [sc. Origen] added them to the rest [sc. the Hexapla]; and thus the whole was arranged in eight columns, and was published with the name of Octapla. 1873 A. Lamson Church First Three Cent. (rev. ed.) 176 The two anonymous versions being afterwards added, it obtained the name of the Octapla, as it then consisted of eight columns. 1962 L. A. Weigle New Test. Octapla Introd. p. vii The present New Testament Octapla contains on facing pages the full text of eight English translations of the New Testament. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1728 |
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