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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HEPTATEUCH

From Late Latin Heptateuchos, from Greek hepta- + teukhos book.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HEPTATEUCH

Heptateuch  [ˈhɛptəˌtjuːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEPTATEUCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heptateuch is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEPTATEUCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heptateuch

The Heptateuch is a name sometimes given to the first seven books of the Hebrew Bible. The seven books are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and Judges. The first five of these are commonly known as the Torah or the Pentateuch, the first six as the Hexateuch. With the addition of the Book of Ruth, it becomes the Octateuch. The "Enneateuch" is the Heptateuch plus the Books of Samuel and the Books of Kings. Augustine of Hippo produced a piece called Questions on the Heptateuch. Ælfric of Eynsham produced an Old English version of the Heptateuch.

Definition of Heptateuch in the English dictionary

The definition of Heptateuch in the dictionary is the first seven books of the Old Testament.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEPTATEUCH


antinuke
ˌæntɪˈnjuːk
archduke
ˈɑːtʃˈdjuːk
cuke
kjuːk
duke
djuːk
euk
juːk
ewk
juːk
Hexateuch
ˈhɛksəˌtjuːk
neuk
njuːk
nuke
njuːk
Pentateuch
ˈpɛntəˌtjuːk
puke
pjuːk
rebuke
rɪˈbjuːk
sambuke
ˈsæmbjuːk
uke
juːk
yeuk
juːk
youk
juːk
yuke
juːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEPTATEUCH

Hepworth
her
her.
Hera
Heraclea
Heraclean
Heracleides
Heracles
Heraclid
Heraclidae
Heraclidan
Heraclitus
Heraclius
Heraklean

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEPTATEUCH

a bit much
as much
as such
Baruch
Bruch
couch
cranreuch
crouch
much
not up to much
ouch
out of touch
pleuch
pouch
sheuch
so much
soft touch
such
the Midas touch
touch

Synonyms and antonyms of Heptateuch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Heptateuch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEPTATEUCH

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The translations of Heptateuch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Heptateuch» in English.

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Heptateuch
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Heptateuco
570 millions of speakers

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Heptateuch
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Translator English - Hindi

Heptateuch
380 millions of speakers
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Heptateuch
280 millions of speakers

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Heptateuch
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Heptateuch
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Heptateuch
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Heptateuque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heptateuch
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heptateuch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

七書
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Heptateuch
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heptateuch
85 millions of speakers
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Heptateuch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Heptateuch
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Heptateuch
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Heptateuch
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Heptateuch
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Heptateuch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Heptateuch
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Heptateuch
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Heptateuch
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Heptateuch
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Heptateuch
10 millions of speakers
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Heptateuch
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Heptateuch

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEPTATEUCH»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEPTATEUCH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Heptateuch

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEPTATEUCH»

Discover the use of Heptateuch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Heptateuch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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the old latin texts of the heptateuch
difference in the texts is as great as that which exists between any two of the Old Latin authorities. (b) The Vocabulary of Augustine's Treatises " Quaestiones et Locutiones in Heptateuchum " Our next most extensive authority for this part of the ...
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The Latin Heptateuch: Published Piecemeal by the French ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series.
John E. B. Mayor, 2010
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Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World
Similarly, in Augustine's reading of the Heptateuch, the physical codices and verbal fragments become points of entry into a physically nonexistent but semiotically ideal text.204 The idealization of the Heptateuch in this sense, moreover, has ...
Catherine M. Chin, 2011
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The Ethics of War: Shared Problems in Different Traditions
12; Letter 189.6. 1 8 Augustine, Questions on the Heptateuch. 6.10. 19 Ibid., 4.44. 20 Augustine, On Free Choice of the Will 1 .5. 21 Augustine, Letter 47. 22 Augustine, Letter 220 to Count Boniface. 23 Augustine, Questions on the Heptateuch.
Richard Sorabji, David Rodin, 2006
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The Old English Heptateuch: and, and Ælfric's Libellus de ...
This new critical edition, based on Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 509, replaces O.S. 160, the 1922 edition based on a different manuscript. The new edition collates manuscripts and adds readings not known to Crawford.
Richard Marsden, Aelfric (Abbot of Eynsham.), 2008
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An Introduction to the Pentateuch
The name Heptateuch was given to the first seven books of the Bible, and these books together with the book of Ruth were designated the Octateuch. Nestle in the Article 'Septuagint,' DB 1v. 447 note, observes : ' Greek MSS. mostly count Gen ...
Donald Macdonald (Minister of the Free Church, Edinkillie.)
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A Bibliography of Publications on Old English Literature to ...
5235 Crawford, Samuel J. 'The Lincoln Fragment of the OE Version of the Heptateuch' MLR 15(1920)1—6. ... Treatise Concerning the Old and New Testament by William L'Isle of Wilburgham (1623)' and the Vulgate Text of the Heptateuch.
Stanley B. Greenfield, Fred C. Robinson, 2008
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The Text of the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon England
Old Latin intervention in the Heptateuch Although there is no doubt that the translators of the Old English Heptateuch used good Vulgate exemplars, there is a number of anomalies spread through the work - in addition to the interventions  ...
Richard Marsden, 1995
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The Levitical Heptateuch and Phinehas the High Priest
It is generally held that the text of the Pentateuch was finalized by the time of the composition of Ezra-Nehemiah (E-N). This dissertation investigates the validity of this consensus.
YoungHye Kim, 2008
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The Latin Heptateuch, Published Piece-Meal by the French ...
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Mayor, 2010

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEPTATEUCH»

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Mysteries and Masterpieces
... edify listeners, but not the Heptateuch or the Books of Kings.” Those sections—known to English readers as the first seven books of the Bible, 1 and 2 Samuel, ... «Harvard Magazine, Dec 11»

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