SEPTUAGINT


Meaning of SEPTUAGINT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sep-ˈtü-ə-jənt, -ˈtyü-; ˈsep-tə-wə-ˌjint ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin Septuaginta, from Latin, seventy, irregular from septem seven + -ginta (akin to Latin vi ginti twenty); from the approximate number of its translators — more at seven , vigesimal

Date: 1633

: a Greek version of the Jewish Scriptures redacted in the third and second centuries B.C. by Jewish scholars and adopted by Greek-speaking Christians

• Sep·tu·a·gin·tal (ˌ)sep-ˌtü-ə-ˈjin-t ə l, -ˌtyü-; ˌsep-tə-wə- adjective

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