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Pentateuch

  (pĕn'tə-tūk', -tyūk') pronunciation
n.

The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.

[Middle English Pentateuke, from Late Latin Pentateuchus, from Greek Pentateukhos : penta-, penta- + teukhos, implement, vessel, scroll case.]

Pentateuchal Pen'ta·teuch'al adj.
 
 
(pĕn'tətyūk) [Gr.,=five books], first five books of the Old Testament. In the Hebrew Bible these books are called the Torah.


 
WordNet: Pentateuch
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit
  Synonyms: Torah, Laws


 
Translations: Translations for: Pentateuch

Dansk (Danish)
n. - de fem mosebøger

Nederlands (Dutch)
eerste vijf boeken van de Bijbel

Français (French)
n. - Pentateuque

Deutsch (German)
n. - fünf Bücher Mose, Pentateuch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) (η) Πεντάτευχος

Italiano (Italian)
Pentateuco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - Pentateuco (m)

Русский (Russian)
Пятикнижие

Español (Spanish)
n. - Pentateuco

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Pentateuken (5 Moseböcker)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
摩西五书

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 摩西五書

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 모세 5경(구약 성서의 맨 앞의 5권)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 五書

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أسفار موسى الخمسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חומש, תורה‬


 
 

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