octapla

noun

oc·ta·pla

ˈäktəplə

plural -s

often capitalized

: an edition or work in eight texts or versions in parallel columns

especially : an edition of a portion of the Old Testament compiled by Origen in the 3d century a.d. and consisting of the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it compare hexapla

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek oktapla, from Greek, neuter plural of oktaplous, oktaploos eightfold, from okta- octa- + -plous, -ploos -fold (as in diploos double)