Septuagint

American  

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

In this case, the Greek translation called the Septuagint provides the bridge between Isaiah and Matthew, in the form of one tiny translation mistake.

From Salon

On the Ark is inscribed the name ΝΩΕ, the very form the name assumes in the Septuagint.

From Project Gutenberg

And in one important version of the Septuagint several passages that occur in the received text are omitted, certainly with the result of removing some difficulties as the passage stands.

From Project Gutenberg

How he treated the Septuagint, and how the Hexapla and the Tetrapla grew under nimble hands and learned heads, we must for the present defer to tell.

From Project Gutenberg

These eventually took fixed shape in the so-called Septuagint version of the Old Testament.

From Project Gutenberg