/ ˈseptjuədʒɪnt; NAmE ˈseptuə-/ noun
[ U ] a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible dating from the 2nd or 3rd century BC
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (originally denoting the translators themselves): from Latin septuaginta seventy, because of the tradition that it was produced, under divine inspiration, by seventy-two translators working independently.