Septuagint

[ sep-too-uh-jint, -tyoo-, sep-choo- ]

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

Septuagint

/ ˈsɛptjʊəˌdʒɪnt /

noun

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

Other Words From

• Septu·a·gintal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Septuagint¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Septuagint¹

C16: from Latin septuāgintā seventy

Example Sentences

Indeed, the result of his monumental labours has been to impede rather than to promote the restoration of the genuine Septuagint.

From Project Gutenberg

The tradition survives partly in name—Septuagint—(seventy), written lxx.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole verse is omitted in the unrevised Septuagint, but in a later recension the number thirty is inserted.

From Project Gutenberg