ˈäktəplə noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Late Greek oktapla, from Greek, neuter plural of oktaplous, oktaploos eightfold, from okta- octa- + -plous, -ploos -fold (as in diploos double) — more at double
: 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