Ogdoekonta denotes the number used for a written grain amount and for the years of a widow's age.

The term marks a stated numerical quantity: in Luke 16:7 it concerns the amount to be written on a document for grain, while in Luke 2:37 it occurs within the widow's stated years.

1. A stated numerical quantity · dominant

   In Luke 16:7, the accusative plural masculine form occurs in the instruction concerning a grain debt; the APB renders the reply, "write eighty." In Luke 2:37, the genitive plural neuter form occurs in the statement of the widow's years, which the APB renders as "until eighty-four years."

   Luke 16:7Luke 2:37

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "eighty" in the instruction to revise the grain document in Luke 16:7 and as part of "eighty-four years" in Luke 2:37. The latter wording shows the verse's numerical statement rather than isolating the term by itself.