Septuagint

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 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 librarian.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Septuagint

1. 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.

Synonyms

• LXX

Derived terms

• Septuagintal, Septuagintalist

Translations

an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek

• Arabic: اَلتَّرْجَمَة اَلسَّبْعِينِيَة f (at-tarjama s-sabʿīniyya)
• Armenian: Յոթանասնից թարգմանություն (Yotʻanasnicʻ tʻargmanutʻyun)

  Old Armenian: Եօթանասնից թարգմանութիւն (Eōtʻanasnicʻ tʻargmanutʻiwn)

• 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: Septuaginta f, Septuagint (nl) f
• Esperanto: Septuaginto
• Estonian: Septuaginta
• Finnish: Septuaginta
• French: Septante (fr)
• German: Septuaginta (de) f
• Greek: Μετάφραση των Εβδομήκοντα (Metáfrasi ton Evdomíkonta), Εβδομήκοντα (el) (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 f
• Romanian: Septuaginta
• Russian: Септуаги́нта (ru) f (Septuagínta)
• Spanish: Septuaginta (es) f
• Swedish: Septuaginta
• Ukrainian: Септуаґі́нта f (Septuagínta)

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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.