The Collaborative International Dictionary
Octapla
Octapla \Oc"ta*pla\, n.; etymol. pl., but syntactically sing. [NL., fr. Gr. 'okta- (for 'oktw` eight) + -pla, as in E. hexapla; cf. Gr. ? eightfold.] A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.