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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
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|probably 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}}.
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}}, [[calque]]s of {{der|en|grc-koi|-}} names such as {{m|grc|οἱ|tr=-}} {{m|grc|ἐβδομήκοντα|tr=-}} {{m|grc|ἑρμηνευταί|tr=-}} (''hoi ebdomḗkonta hermēneutaí'', “the [[70]] [[interpreter]]s”) and {{m|grc|οἱ|tr=-}} {{m|grc|Ο′|tr=-}} (''hoi O′'', “the [[LXX]]”), deriving from the popular (but {{w|Letter of Aristeas|probably mistaken}}) belief that its translation of the [[Torah]] had been produced in 72 days by a team of 72 Jewish scholars from [[Jerusalem]] (6 from each {{w|Twelve Tribes of Israel|tribe}}) summoned to [[Alexandria]] during the reign of {{w|Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Ptolemy II}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|GA}} {{IPA|en|/sɛpˈtuədʒənt/|/sɛpˈtjuədʒənt/|/ˈsɛpʃəwəˌdʒɪnt/|/ˈsɛptʃəwəˌdʒɪnt/|/ˈsɛptəwəˌdʒɪnt/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsɛptjuːəˌdʒɪnt/|/ˈsɛptuːəˌdʒɪnt/|/ˌsɛpˈtuːədʒɪnt/|/ˈsɛptʃuːəˌdʒɪnt/}}
* {{a|RP}} {{IPA|en|/ˈsɛptjʊədʒɪnt/|/ˈsɛptʃʊədʒɪnt/}}


===Proper noun===
===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}
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# {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} The [[team]] of [[translator]]s who [[produce]]d the 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]].
# An [[influential]] [[Greek]] [[translation]] of the [[Hebrew Bible]] [[produce]]d in [[Alexandria]] in the [[3rd]] and [[2nd]] [[centuries]] [[BC]].


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
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====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|Septuagintal}}, {{l|en|Septuagintalist}}
* {{l|en|septuagint}}, {{l|en|Septuagintal}}, {{l|en|Septuagintalist}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
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* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|Септуаґі́нта|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|Септуаґі́нта|f}}
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===References===
* {{R:OED Online|Septuagint|n|176247|2022}}


{{c|en|Bible|Christianity|Judaism|Seventy}}
{{c|en|Bible|Christianity|Judaism|Seventy}}

Revision as of 01:13, 4 April 2022

English

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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”), calques of Koine Greek names such as οἱ ἐβδομήκοντα ἑρμηνευταί (hoi ebdomḗkonta hermēneutaí, “the 70 interpreters”) and οἱ Ο′ (hoi O′, “the LXX”), deriving from the popular (but probably mistaken) belief that its translation of the Torah had been produced in 72 days by a team of 72 Jewish scholars from Jerusalem (6 from each tribe) summoned to Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy II.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /sɛpˈtuədʒənt/, /sɛpˈtjuədʒənt/, /ˈsɛpʃəwəˌdʒɪnt/, /ˈsɛptʃəwəˌdʒɪnt/, /ˈsɛptəwəˌdʒɪnt/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsɛptjʊədʒɪnt/, /ˈsɛptʃʊədʒɪnt/

Proper noun

Septuagint (countable and uncountable, plural Septuagints)

  1. (now rare) The team of translators who produced the Septuagint.
  2. An influential Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible produced in Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

References

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of older Septuaginta, perhaps influenced by English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsɛp.ty.aːˈɣɪnt/
  • Hyphenation: Sep‧tu‧a‧gint
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Proper noun

Septuagint f

  1. Alternative form of Septuaginta.
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