Septuagint

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin septuāgintā (“the seventy”), for the reputed 70 scholars who did the work.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛptjuːəˌdʒɪnt/, /ˈsɛptuːəˌdʒɪnt/, /ˌsɛpˈtuːədʒɪnt/, /ˈsɛptʃuːəˌdʒɪnt/

Proper noun

Septuagint

1. An ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, undertaken by Jews resident in Alexandria for the benefit of Jews who had forgotten their Hebrew (well before the birth of Jesus).

Synonyms

• LXX

Derived terms

• Septuagintal

Translations

an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek

• Arabic: اَلتَّرْجَمَة اَلسَّبْعِينِيَة f (at-tarjama s-sabʿīniyya)
• Catalan: Septuaginta
• Chinese: 七十士譯本／七十士译本 (Qīshíshìyìběn), 七十士译本 (qīshí shì yìběn)
• Czech: Septuaginta
• Danish: Septuaginta
• Dutch: Septuagint
• Esperanto: Septuaginto
• Estonian: Septuaginta
• Finnish: Septuaginta
• French: Septante (fr)
• German: Septuaginta (de)
• Greek: Μετάφραση των Εβδομήκοντα (Metáfrasi ton Evdomíkonta)
• Hebrew: תרגום השבעים m (targum ha-shiv‘iyím)
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• Indonesian: Septuaginta
• Italian: Septuaginta
• Japanese: 七十人訳聖書 (shichijū-nin yaku seisho)
• Latin: Septuaginta
• Norwegian: Septuaginta
• Polish: Septuaginta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Septuaginta
• Romanian: Septuaginta
• Russian: Септуаги́нта (ru) f (Septuagínta)
• Spanish: Septuaginta (es) f
• Swedish: Septuaginta
• Ukrainian: Септуаґі́нта f (Septuagínta)