Septuagint

American  

[sep-too-uh-jint, -tyoo-, sep-choo-] / ˈsɛp tu əˌdʒɪnt, -tju-, ˈsɛp tʃu- /

noun

1. the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries. Sept.; LXX

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Septuagint British  

/ ˈsɛptjʊəˌdʒɪnt /

noun

1. the principal Greek version of the Old Testament, including the Apocrypha, believed to have been translated by 70 or 72 scholars

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Other Word Forms

• Septuagintal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Septuagint

First recorded in 1555–65, from Latin septuāgintā “seventy”

Example Sentences

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Septuagint

The Greek Septuagint version suggested that 2,242 years elapsed between the dawn of time and the biblical flood.

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2012

It contains the first printing of the Septuagint, or Old Testament Scriptures in Greek.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2010

Their great work became known to history as the Septuagint, from the Latin word for 70.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Biblical manuscripts from Cave 4, yielding some texts far earlier than either, have considerably raised the prestige of the Septuagint.

From Time Magazine Archive

The error appears to be in the Septuagint of Jonah, where the particular fish, the whale, is mentioned instead of the general term fish.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various