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From {{der|en|NL.|Septuaginta}}, lit. "The Seventy", a clipping of earlier descriptional names such as {{m|la|septuaginta}} {{m|la|translatio||[[translation]] by the [[seventy]]}} and {{m|la|septuaginta}} {{m|la|interpretes||the [[70]] [[interpreter]]s}} deriving from the popular (but {{w|Letter of Aristeas|apparently mistaken}}) belief that the [[Greek]] text of its [[Old Testament]] had been translated from [[Hebrew]] by a team of |
From {{der|en|NL.|Septuaginta}}, lit. "The Seventy", a clipping of earlier descriptional names such as {{m|la|septuaginta}} {{m|la|translatio||[[translation]] by the [[seventy]]}} and {{m|la|septuaginta}} {{m|la|interpretes||the [[70]] [[interpreter]]s}} deriving from the popular (but {{w|Letter of Aristeas|apparently mistaken}}) belief that the [[Greek]] text of its [[Old Testament]] had been translated from [[Hebrew]] by a team of 72 scholars from [[Jerusalem]] summoned to [[Alexandria]] by its chief {{w|Library of Alexandria|librarian}}. |
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Revision as of 00:40, 4 April 2022
English
Etymology
From New Latin Septuaginta, lit. "The Seventy", a clipping of earlier descriptional names such as septuaginta translatio (“translation by the seventy”) and septuaginta interpretes (“the 70 interpreters”) deriving from the popular (but apparently mistaken) belief that the Greek text of its Old Testament had been translated from Hebrew by a team of 72 scholars from Jerusalem summoned to Alexandria by its chief librarian.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Septuagint
- An ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek from the third to approx. first centuries BCE, undertaken due to the declining knowledge of Hebrew among Alexandrian Jews.
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Derived terms
Translations
an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek
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Dutch
Etymology
Shortening of older Septuaginta, perhaps influenced by English.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Septuagint f
- Alternative form of Septuaginta.