"the eighth, Lk. 1:59; Acts 7:8; 2 Pet. 2:5; Rev. 17:11; 21:20*"
Definition and meaning
the eighth, Lk. 1:59; Acts 7:8; 2 Pet. 2:5; Rev. 17:11; 21:20*
In the original Greek the word is written: ὄγδοος
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of ogdoos (G3590) across the King James Bible.
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
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Common questions
Strong's G3590 (ogdoos) is a Greek word that means: the eighth, Lk. 1:59; Acts 7:8; 2 Pet. 2:5; Rev. 17:11; 21:20* It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word ogdoos (G3590) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3590 is ogdoos, a Greek word defined as: the eighth, Lk. 1:59; Acts 7:8; 2 Pet. 2:5; Rev. 17:11; 21:20*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
ogdoos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.