Eight
ὀκτώStrong’s G3638oktō
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Oktō is the Greek word usually translated “eight”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.”
Meaning
Usually translated “eight”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- eight 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
- John 2
- Acts 1
- 1 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 9:28And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
- Luke 13:16And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
- John 5:5And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
- John 20:26And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
- Acts 9:33And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
- 1 Peter 3:20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Greek dictionary
ὀκτώ oktō · eight
ὀκτώ, οἱ, αἱ, τά indecl., eight: Luk.2:21, Jhn.5:5, al (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “eight” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EIGHT, adjective
[Latin octo.]
Twice four; expressing the number twice four. Four and four make eight
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.