/ok"teuh toohk', -tyoohk'/ , n.
the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.
[ 1670-80; octateuchus oktáteuchos, equiv. to okta- OCTA- + teûchos container for scrolls ]