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Septuagint
n.
oldest known Greek translation of the Old Testament (dated to the 3rd century BC, and supposedly translated by 72 Hebrew scholars)
Septuagint
Septuagint
Noun
1. the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament; said to have been translated from the Hebrew by Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II
(hypernym) Old Testament
Septuagint
(n.)
A Greek version of the Old Testament; -- so called because it was believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two) translators.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Septuagint Greek version of Old Testament. {SD 1:576, 2:200n; BCW 14:178-9, 182n, 324-5}
