Bible Dictionary: Octave

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.

2. (n.) The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.

3. (n.) The whole diatonic scale itself.

4. (n.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.

5. (n.) A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.

6. (a.) Consisting of eight; eight.

Library

Teaching in the Temple on the Octave of the Feast of Tabernacles.
... HUMILIATION AND DEATH. CHAPTER VIII. TEACHING IN THE TEMPLE ON THE OCTAVE
OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. (John 8:12-59.) The startling ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter viii teaching in the.htm

On the Presentation of the Blessed virgin, or on the Octave of Her ...
... THE INNER WAY SERMON XIV On the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin, or on the Octave
of Her Nativity. Of two ways in which men come to the Blessed Virgin. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/tauler/the inner way/sermon xiv on the presentation.htm

How, While He was Saying Mass, Brother John of Alvernia Fell Down ...
... The first night after the Octave of St Lawrence, and within the Octave of the
Assumption of our Lady, having said Matins in the church with the other brethren ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter liii how while he.htm

Whether Weddings Should be Forbidden at Certain Times? [*This ...
... to the ancient Canons, is wont to be made at Christmas (as was observed in its proper
place, [5010]TP, Q[30]), from Septuagesima until the octave day of Easter ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether weddings should be forbidden.htm

On his Birthday, ii. : Delivered on the Anniversary of his ...
... did not suit the common title given to the whole in anniversario die assumptionis
eius, proposed to alter it to in octava consecrationis eius (on the octave, &c ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/sermon ii on his birthday.htm

In the Last, the Great Day of the Feast'
... We can scarcely doubt that it was the concluding day of the Feast, and not, as most
modern writers suppose, its Octave, which, in Rabbinic language, was ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vii in the last.htm

Relation iii. Of Various Graces Granted to the Saint from the Year ...
... 11. One day after the octave of the Visitation, in one of the hermitages of Mount
Carmel, praying to God for one of my brothers, I said to our Lord,"I do not ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/relation iii of various graces.htm

Upon the Collections , iv.
... X. chap. 4), and probably began on the 6th of July (the octave of SS. ... [671] Dies
apostolicæ institutionis: this was, as note 6 explains, the octave of SS. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/sermon ix upon the collections.htm

His Journey to Rome, Venice, Jerusalem, and the Holy Land
... hand when required. Accordingly, on the octave of Easter, he received the
blessing of Adrian VI and left Rome for Venice. He had ...
/.../loyola/the autobiography of st ignatius/chapter iv his journey to.htm

Sailors' Hymns.
... The music is of middle register and less than octave range, natural scale, minor,
and the triple time lightens a little the dirge-like harmony while the weird ...
/.../brown/the story of the hymns and tunes/chapter x sailors hymns.htm

Thesaurus

Octave (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Octave (3 Occurrences). ... (BBE YLT). Psalms 6:1 To the Overseer
with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. ...
/o/octave.htm - 7k

Tenth (89 Occurrences)
... interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff
above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the ...
/t/tenth.htm - 38k

Eleventh (19 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth. 4. (n.) The
quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts. ...
/e/eleventh.htm - 12k

Overseer (84 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Psalms 6:1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A
Psalm of David. ... (YLT). Psalms 12:1 To the Overseer, on the octave. ...
/o/overseer.htm - 32k

Ninth (35 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) An interval containing an octave and a second. 5. (n.) A chord of the
dominant seventh with the ninth added. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/n/ninth.htm - 18k

Oversee (7 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 1 Chronicles 15:21 and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and
Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps, on the octave, to oversee. (YLT). ...
/o/oversee.htm - 9k

Ocran (5 Occurrences)

/o/ocran.htm - 7k

Odd (1 Occurrence)

/o/odd.htm - 7k

Fourteenth (25 Occurrences)
... next after the thirteenth. 4. (n.) The octave of the seventh. Multi-Version
Concordance Fourteenth (25 Occurrences). Acts 27:27 But ...
/f/fourteenth.htm - 15k

Thirteenth (12 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The next in order after the twelfth. 5. (n.) The interval comprising an
octave and a sixth. Multi-Version Concordance Thirteenth (12 Occurrences). ...
/t/thirteenth.htm - 11k

Bible Concordance

Octave (3 Occurrences)

1 Chronicles 15:21 And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Azaziah, with corded instruments on the octave, to give the first note of the song.
(BBE YLT)

Psalms 6:1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.
(YLT)

Psalms 12:1 To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:
(YLT)

Subtopics

Octave

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Ocran (5 Occurrences)

Odd (1 Occurrence)

Fourteenth (25 Occurrences)

Thirteenth (12 Occurrences)