sepˈt(y)üəjə̇nt; ˈseptəwəˌjint, -pchəw- noun
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Etymology: Latin septuaginta seventy, from septem seven + -ginta (akin to Latin -ginti in viginti twenty) — more at seven , vicenary
1. usually capitalized
a. : the 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at Alexandria held to have translated the Old Testament into Greek
b.
[Late Latin Septuaginta, from Latin septuaginta seventy]
: a copy or edition of the Greek translation of the Old Testament including the Apocrypha prepared in the 3d and 2d centuries B.C., constituting the first vernacular translation of the Bible, designed to meet the needs of Greek-speaking Jews of Egypt unable to read their Scriptures in Hebrew, and still used in the Eastern Orthodox Church — symbol LXX
2. sometimes capitalized : a group of 70