ὄγδοος G3590
Eighth; the ordinal number eight, used of days, persons, and sequential items.
An ordinal adjective meaning 'eighth,' used in the NT to mark a day (Luke 1:59, the circumcision of John the Baptist on the eighth day), a person in a genealogical sequence (2 Pet 2:5, Noah as the 'eighth' person preserved), a position in a series of kings (Rev 17:11), and a foundation stone (Rev 21:20). The translations across languages are straightforward numerical ordinals — Spanish 'octavo,' French 'huitième,' German 'achte' — reflecting the universal clarity of the concept.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Eighth in a sequence — the ordinal form of the number eight. In Luke 1:59, it marks the prescribed day for circumcision; in Acts 7:8, Abraham circumcised Isaac on the eighth day. Second Peter 2:5 memorably calls Noah the 'eighth person' (ὄγδοον... ἐφύλαξεν), counting the eight survivors of the flood. Revelation uses it for a mysterious eighth king (17:11) and the eighth foundation stone of the New Jerusalem (21:20). The multilingual glosses — Spanish 'octavo,' French 'huitième,' German 'achte' — all render the concept with simple ordinal equivalents. 5×
AR["الثَّامِنِ", "الثّامِنُ", "ثامِنًا", "ثامِنٌ", "ثَامِنِ"]·ben["অষ্টম"]·DE["achte", "ὀγδόῃ"]·EN["an-eighth", "eighth"]·FR["huitième"]·heb["שְּׁמִינִי", "שְׁמִינִי"]·HI["आठवाँ", "आठवीं", "आठवें"]·ID["itu", "kedelapan", "kedelapan;"]·IT["ogdoe", "ogdoon", "ogdoos", "ottavo"]·jav["kaping-wolu", "kaping-wolu,", "kawolu", "kawolu;"]·KO["여덟-째", "여덟째", "여덟째는", "여덟째이니"]·PT["o-oitavo", "oitavo"]·RU["восьмого", "восьмое", "восьмой"]·ES["octavo", "octavo,"]·SW["nane", "wa-nane", "wa-nane,", "ya-nane"]·TR["-o", "sekizinci"]·urd["آٹھواں", "آٹھویں"]
Related Senses
H3117 1. day, specific time (2231×)H5704 1. until, unto, as far as (1238×)H8141 1. year, unit of time (880×)H6258 1. and now (421×)G2250 1. day (388×)H5750 1. again, more, further (288×)H5769 1. forever, to eternity (280×)H6256 1. time, period (264×)H2320 1. month, calendar period (260×)H0310a 2. after (temporal) (258×)H3915 1. night, period of darkness (234×)H1242 1. morning (214×)H5750 2. still, yet (continuative) (166×)G5119 1. then (160×)G3568 1. now (147×)G2193 1. until (143×)G3825 1. (141×)G3752 1. (123×)H6153 1. evening, time of day (123×)H0227a 1. then (122×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὄγδοος, η, ον, eighth, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὀγδόη (i.e. ἡμέρα), ὀγδόῃ τῆς πρυτανείας Refs 1st c.AD+ as disyllable, Refs 8th c.BC+