Strong's Lexicon

G3637

G3637 — ὀκταήμερος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekoktaemerosadjectiveOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3637
Word:ὀκταήμερος
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G3638 and G2250
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:oktaemeros
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ok-tah-ay'-mer-os
Meaning:1. an eight-day old person or act
KJV Renderings:the eighth day

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὀκταήμερος, ὀκταημερον (ὀκτώ, ἡμέρα), eight days old; passing the eighth day: περιτομή (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 6 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 21; but Rec. περιτομή) ὀκταήμερος, circumcised on the eighth day, Php 3:5; see τεταρταῖος; (`the word denotes properly, not interval but duration’ (see Lightfoot on Philippians, the passage cited). Graecus Venetus, Gen 17:12; ecclesiastical writings).

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ὀκταήμερος (the eighth day)

Philippians 3:5

KJV: Circumcised the eighth day of the stock of Israel the tribe of Benjamin an Hebrew of the Hebrews as touching the law a Pharisee
GK: περιτομή οκταήμερος εκ γένους Ισραήλ φυλής Βενιαμίν Εβραίος εξ Εβραίων κατά νόμον Φαρισαίος
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