ὀκτώ
oktō
eight
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ὀκτώ (oktō) is a numeral that represents the number eight. Its simple definition indicates a clear and precise meaning, conveying a specific quantity. In terms of usage, ὀκτώ appears eight times in the Bible, indicating its relatively limited range of application. This scarcity suggests that the number eight may hold a particular significance or importance in the context of the biblical narrative. The significance of ὀκτώ lies in its association with the number eight, which may have held cultural or symbolic meaning in the ancient world. However, without further context or information, it is impossible to determine the specific significance of this number in the biblical text.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
8 total occurrences across the text
When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Luke 9:28About eight days after these sayings, he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.
Luke 13:16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
John 5:5A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
John 20:26After eight days again his disciples were inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.”
Acts 9:33There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
Acts 25:6When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.
1 Peter 3:20who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.