ὄγδοος
ogdoos
eighth
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word ὄγδοος (ogdoos) is a Greek term that translates to "eighth". It appears five times in the Bible, suggesting its importance in certain contexts. In mathematical terms, the word represents the ordinal number that follows the seventh position, indicating a position among a sequence of items. Given its meaning as "eighth", the usage of ὄγδοος likely ranges from designating a specific position or rank within a hierarchy to referring to the eighth day, the eighth year, or other similar numerical contexts. The significance of this word lies in its ability to convey a sense of numerical progression and ranking.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
Acts 7:8He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
2 Peter 2:5and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;
Revelation 17:11The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
Revelation 21:20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.