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Septuagint
[ sep-too-uh-jint, -tyoo-, sep-choo- ]
noun
- 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
Septuagint
/ ˈɛʊəˌɪԳ /
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of Septuagint1
First recorded in 1555–65, from Latin ٳ岵Գ “s𱹱Գٲ”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Septuagint1
C16: from Latin ٳ岵Գ seventy
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