OCTAPLA

‖Oc″ta‐pla (?), n.; etymol. pl., but syntactically sing. [[NL., fr. Gr. οκτἀ- (for οκτὤ eight) + -pla, as in E. hexapla; cf. Gr. � eightfold.]] A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.