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LXX

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  1. the number 70 in Roman numerals: used to represent the Septuagint.


LXX British  

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  1. Septuagint

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Naturally many of the same objects are mentioned; but while comparison with the LXX version of the psalm shews some resemblance in word and thought, it shews much more variation in style, phraseology, and treatment.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney

But we must remember that additional sections, though smaller in extent, appear in other books of the LXX, of whose canonicity there appears to have been no question, e.g.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney

Accordingly, its position in the LXX, Theodotion, Vulgate, and other versions, is immediately after the 23rd verse of Daniel iii., thus forming a portion of that chapter.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney

In such case our 'apocryphon' would obviously ante-date the LXX text.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney

LXX With all her strength the jav'lin the forceful maiden threw.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

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