ὄγδοοςógdoos
the eighth
Greek (New Testament) · G3590
Meanings
the eighth: Luke 1:59, Acts 7:3(LXX), Revelation 17:11, Revelation 21:20; one of eight, with seven others (usually, in this sense, with αὐτός added, but cf. Plat., Legg., iii, 695c; Plut., Pelop., 13; 2 Maccabees 5:27): 2 Peter 2:5.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Luke 1:59 When the baby was eight days old, they all came for the circumcision ceremony. They wanted to name him Zechariah, after his father.
- Acts 7:8 “God also gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision at that time. So when Abraham became the father of Isaac, he circumcised him on the eighth day. And the practice was continued when Isaac became the father of Jacob, and when Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs of the Israelite nation.
- 2 Peter 2:5 And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.
- Revelation 17:11 “The scarlet beast that was, but is no longer, is the eighth king. He is like the other seven, and he, too, is headed for destruction.
- Revelation 21:20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.