SEPTUAGINT


Meaning of SEPTUAGINT in English

[ 'sɛptjʊədʒɪnt ]

■ noun a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament), including the Apocrypha, produced in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.

Origin

C16: from L. septuaginta 'seventy', because of the tradition that it was produced by seventy-two translators working independently.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.