What does ὀκτώ (oktṓ) mean in the Bible?
ὀκτώ (oktṓ): Numeric value marking significant periods or completions in biblical narrative, often eighth-day covenant observances.
Greek · G3638
ὀκτώ
"Eight"
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ὀκτώ G3638
Pronunciation oktṓ
What does ὀκτώ (oktṓ) mean in the Bible?
ὀκτώ (oktṓ): Numeric value marking significant periods or completions in biblical narrative, often eighth-day covenant observances.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3638?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include eight (5), . . . (4), [the] eight (1).
Where does ὀκτώ (oktṓ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 2:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (5), Acts (2), John (2), 1 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It eight 5× Luke 9:28, John 20:26, Acts 9:33, Acts 25:6
. . . 4× Luke 13:4, Luke 13:11, Luke 13:16, John 5:5
[the] eight 1× Luke 2:21
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 2:21 ὀκτὼ to [the] eight Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural Luke 9:28 ὀκτὼ to eight Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural Luke 13:4 οκτὼ to . . . Adjective Luke 13:11 οκτώ to . . . Adjective Luke 13:16 ὀκτὼ to . . . Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural John 5:5 ὀκτὼ to . . . Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural John 20:26 ὀκτὼ to Eight Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural Acts 9:33 ὀκτὼ to eight Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Acts 25:6 ὀκτὼ to eight Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural 1 Peter 3:20 ὀκτὼ to eight Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 2:21
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 4
Luke 5 John 2 Acts 2 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ὀκτὼ 8x oktō Luke 2:21, Luke 9:28, Luke 13:16, John 5:5
οκτώ 1x oktō Luke 13:11
οκτὼ 1x oktō Luke 13:4
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 3x Luke 2:21, Luke 9:28, 1 Peter 3:20
Adjective 2x Luke 13:4, Luke 13:11
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Luke 13:16, John 5:5
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x John 20:26
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Acts 25:6
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Acts 9:33
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Numeric value marking significant periods or completions in biblical narrative, often eighth-day covenant observances.
Strong's G3638
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 5 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 13:10-17 Source Gloss
"eight"
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 2:21 Numeral
ὀκτὼ oktw
eight
Read verse Luke 9:28 Numeral
ὀκτώ, oktw
eight
Read verse Luke 13:4 Numeral
ὀκτώ, oktw
eight
Read verse Luke 13:11 Numeral
ὀκτώ, oktw
eight
Read verse Luke 13:16 Numeral
ὀκτὼ oktw
eight
Read verse John 5:5 Numeral
ὀκτὼ oktw
eight
Read verse John 20:26 Numeral
ὀκτὼ oktw
eight
Read verse Acts 9:33 Numeral
ὀκτὼ oktw
eight
Read verse 1 Peter 3:20 Numeral
ὀκτὼ oktw
eight
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Plural (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Luke 2:21 · Luke 9:28 · 1 Pet 3:20 3×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Acts 9:33 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Acts 25:6 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Luke 13:16 · John 5:5 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine John 20:26 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Duration of illness: woman afflicted for eighteen years with infirmity
Showing 1 selected witness from 8 lexical occurrence verses.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain