"eight, Lk. 2:21; 9:28"
Definition and meaning
eight, Lk. 2:21; 9:28
In the original Greek the word is written: ὀκτώ
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 okto (G3638) across the King James Bible.
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
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Common questions
Strong's G3638 (okto) is a Greek word that means: eight, Lk. 2:21; 9:28 It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word okto (G3638) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3638 is okto, a Greek word defined as: eight, Lk. 2:21; 9:28. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
okto is a Greek word found in the New Testament.