Septuagint
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. Abbreviation: Sept.; Symbol: LXX
Origin of Septuagint
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- Sep·tu·a·gint·al, adjective
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How to use Septuagint in a sentence
Indeed, the result of his monumental labours has been to impede rather than to promote the restoration of the genuine Septuagint.
The tradition survives partly in name—Septuagint—(seventy), written lxx.
A Thousand Years of Jewish History | Maurice H. (Maurice Henry) HarrisThe whole verse is omitted in the unrevised Septuagint, but in a later recension the number thirty is inserted.
The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel | W. G. Blaikie
British Dictionary definitions for Septuagint
/ (ˈsɛptjʊəˌdʒɪnt) /
the principal Greek version of the Old Testament, including the Apocrypha, believed to have been translated by 70 or 72 scholars
Origin of Septuagint
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