Septuagint

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɛptjʊəˌdʒɪnt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sep′to̅o̅ ə jint′, -tyo̅o̅-, sep′cho̅o̅-)

Sep•tu•a•gint (sep′to̅o̅ ə jint′, -tyo̅o̅-, sep′cho̅o̅-),USA pronunciation n.

Biblethe 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 centuryb.c.and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.

Sep′tu•a•gint′al, adj.

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Septuagint /ˈsɛptjʊəˌdʒɪnt/ n

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

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin septuāgintā seventy

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