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

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

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

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