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Strong's G3638 ὀκτώ (okto)

Okto means “eight” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3638 — kilmad (“Chilmad”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3638
Language Greek
Linked Usages 85
Books 24

Strong's G3638 Quick Answer

Strong's G3638 ὀκτώ (okto) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. okto (ok-to') n. 1. eight [a primary numeral] It has 85 linked Bible usages across 24 books. Visible English usage signals include eight. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
okto (ok-to') n. 1. eight [a primary numeral]
Usage
85 linked usages
Books
24 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
eight

Meaning and Definition

okto (ok-to') n. 1. eight [a primary numeral] KJV: eight

Original Word
ὀκτώ
Transliteration
okto
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3638. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G3638 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render okto, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

eight Luke 2:21

How Strong's G3638 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 64 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3638 (ὀκτώ) appears 77 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3638 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3638 in the New Testament

9 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 2:21 KJV

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.

Luke 9:28 KJV

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.

Luke 13:4 KJV

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

Strong's G3638 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

64 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 5:28 Septuagint / Brenton

And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty and eight years, and begot a son.

Genesis 14:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own homeborn servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.

Genesis 17:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed.

Strong's G3638 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

12 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:41 Septuagint / Brenton

Nebuchadnezzar also took of the holy vessels of the Lord, and carried them away, and set them in his own temple at Babylon.

1 Esdras 5:12 Septuagint / Brenton

The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four: the sons of Zattu, nine hundred seventy and five: the sons of Chorbe, seven hundred and five: the sons of Bani, six hundred forty and eight:

1 Esdras 5:18 Septuagint / Brenton

They of Netophah, fifty and five: they of Anathoth, a hundred fifty and eight: they of Bethasmoth, forty and two:

Usage Excerpts

First 85 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3638.

Genesis 5:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty and eight years, and begot a son.
Genesis 14:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own homeborn servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.
Genesis 17:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the child of eight days old shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and the servant born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed.
Genesis 22:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
these are eight sons, which Milcah bore to Nahor the brother of Abraham.
Genesis 46:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the sons of Rachel, which she bore to Jacob; all the souls eighteen.
Exodus 26:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and one curtain shall be the breadth of four cubits: there shall be the same measure to all the curtains.
Exodus 26:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be eight posts, and their sixteen silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post.
Exodus 37:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
of eight and twenty cubits the length of one curtain: the same measure was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was of four cubits.
Numbers 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari according to their ministrations, by Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Numbers 29:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On the sixth day eight calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish.
Numbers 35:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall give to the Levites in all forty-eight cities, them and their suburbs.
Deuteronomy 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the days in which we traveled from Kadesh-barnea till we crossed the Valley of Zered, were thirty and eight years, until the whole generation of the men of war failed, dying out of the camp, as the Lord God swore to them.
Joshua 21:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty-eight cities,
Joshua 24:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Judges 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Syria of the rivers: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
Judges 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Judges 10:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they afflicted and bruised the children of Israel at that time eighteen years, all the children of Israel beyond Jordan in the land of the Amorite in Gilead.
Judges 12:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he had forty sons, and thirty grandsons, that rode upon seventy colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Judges 20:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these were men of might.
3 Kingdoms 7:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the caldrons, and pans, and bowls, and all the furniture, which Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord: and there were eight and forty pillars of the house of the king and of the house of the Lord: all the works of the king which Hiram made were entirely of brass.
4 Kingdoms 8:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
4 Kingdoms 10:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the days which Jehu reigned over Israel were twenty-eight years in Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 22:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
1 Chronicles 12:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, even those who were named by name, to make David king.
1 Chronicles 12:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the Danites men ready for war twenty-eight thousand and eight hundred.
1 Chronicles 16:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Obed-edom and his brethren were sixty and eight; and Obed-edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, were to be doorkeepers.
1 Chronicles 18:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abishai son of Zeruiah smote the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
1 Chronicles 23:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Levites numbered themselves from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.
1 Chronicles 24:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were found among the sons of Eleazar more chiefs of the mighty ones, than of the sons of Ithamar: and he divided them, sixteen heads of families to the sons of Eleazar, eight according to their families to the sons of Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 25:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the number of them after their brethren, those instructed to sing to God, everyone that understood singing was two hundred and eighty-eight.
1 Chronicles 26:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Meshelemiah had eighteen sons and brethren, mighty men.
2 Chronicles 11:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and all his concubines: for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begot twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters.
2 Chronicles 21:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When he was thirty and two years old, Jehoram succeeded to his kingdom, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 21:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed without honor, and was buried in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
2 Chronicles 29:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hezekiah began on the first day, even on the new moon of the first month, to purify, and on the eighth day of the month they entered into the temple of the Lord: and they purified the house of the Lord in eight days; and on the thirteenth day of the first month they finished the work.
2 Chronicles 34:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Ezra 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
Ezra 2:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
Ezra 2:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
Ezra 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
Ezra 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
Nehemiah 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
Nehemiah 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
Nehemiah 7:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
Nehemiah 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
Nehemiah 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
Nehemiah 11:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
Job 42:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Job lived after his affliction a hundred and seventy years: And all the years he lived were two hundred and forty: And Job saw his sons and his sons’ sons, the fourth generation.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; For thou knowest not what evil there shall be upon the earth.
Jeremiah 48:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Ishmael escaped with eight men and went to the children of Ammon.
Jeremiah 52:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a brazen chapiter upon them, and the length was five cubits, even the height of one chapiter; and there were on the chapiter round about network and pomegranates, all of brass: and correspondingly the second pillar had eight pomegranates to a cubit for the twelve cubits.
Ezekiel 10:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Each one had four faces, and each one had eight wings; and under their wings was the likeness of men’s hands.
Ezekiel 40:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the porch of the gateway (near the porch of the gate) eight cubits; and the posts thereof two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward:
Ezekiel 40:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
from the porch to the outer court: and there were palm trees to the post thereof, and eight steps.
Ezekiel 40:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were porches opening into the inner court, and palm trees on the posts on this side and on that side: and it had eight steps.
Ezekiel 40:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And its porches were toward the inner court; and there were palm trees to the posts on this side and on that side: and it had eight steps.
Ezekiel 40:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Four on one side and four on the other side behind the gate; upon them they kill the victims, in front of the eight tables of sacrifices.
Ezekiel 48:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The circumference, eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city, from the day that it shall be finished, shall be the name thereof.
Micah 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she shall have peace when Assyria shall come into your land, and when he shall come up upon your country; and there shall be raised up against him seven shepherds, and eight attacks of men.
Luke 2:21 New Testament, KJV
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.
Luke 9:28 New Testament, KJV
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.
Luke 13:4 New Testament, KJV
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Luke 13:11 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
Luke 13:16 New Testament, KJV
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
John 5:5 New Testament, KJV
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
John 20:26 New Testament, KJV
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.
Acts 9:33 New Testament, KJV
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
1 Peter 3:20 New Testament, KJV
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.
1 Esdras 1:41 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nebuchadnezzar also took of the holy vessels of the Lord, and carried them away, and set them in his own temple at Babylon.
1 Esdras 5:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four: the sons of Zattu, nine hundred seventy and five: the sons of Chorbe, seven hundred and five: the sons of Bani, six hundred forty and eight:
1 Esdras 5:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They of Netophah, fifty and five: they of Anathoth, a hundred fifty and eight: they of Bethasmoth, forty and two:
1 Esdras 5:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The holy singers: the sons of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight.
1 Esdras 8:37 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight men:
1 Esdras 8:46 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and commanded them that they should speak unto Iddo, and to his brethren, and to the treasurers in that place, to send us such men as might execute the priests’ office in the house of the Lord.
1 Maccabees 4:56 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And so they kept the dedication of the altar eight days, and offered burnt offerings with gladness, and sacrificed the sacrifice of deliverance and praise.
1 Maccabees 4:59 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover Judas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel ordained, that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Chislev, with mirth and gladness.
2 Maccabees 2:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So Solomon kept those eight days.
2 Maccabees 5:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold than slain.
2 Maccabees 10:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And they kept eight days with gladness, as in the feast of the tabernacles, remembering that not long afore they had held the feast of the tabernacles, when as they wandered in the mountains and dens like beasts.
2 Maccabees 11:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he had gathered about fourscore thousand with all the horsemen, he came against the Jews, thinking to make the city a habitation of the Gentiles,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3638, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 5 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3638 FAQ

What does okto (ὀκτώ) mean?

Okto (Strong's G3638) is a Greek word most simply glossed "eight". okto (ok-to') n. 1. eight [a primary numeral]

How many times is okto (ὀκτώ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 85 linked usages for Strong's G3638 across 24 books.

Where can I study okto (ὀκτώ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3638 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate okto (ὀκτώ)?

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Does Strong's G3638 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 64 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 12 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3638, with linked reader references where each row is available.