Definitions for septuagint
ˈsɛp tʃu əˌdʒɪnt, -tu-, -tyu-sep·tu·agint

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1. Septuagintnoun

   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

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1. Septuagintnoun

   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); abbreviated as LXX. The LXX is the untranslated standard version of the Old Testament for the Greek Orthodox Church, but not for the Western Church, which since Jerome, has adhered to the Masoretic text. In the original Greek New Testament, when Jesus quotes the Old Testament, he is made to quote the LXX, which tends to disagree with the Masoretic text.

2. Etymology: From septuaginta, for the reputed 70 scholars who did the work.

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1. Septuagintnoun

   The old Greek version of the Old Testament, so called as being supposed the work of seventy-two interpreters.

   Etymology: septuaginta, Latin.

   Which way soever you try, you shall find the product great enough for the extent of this earth; and if you follow the septuagint chronology, it will still be far higher. Burnet.

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1. Septuagint

   The Septuagint (), (sometimes referred to as the Greek Old Testament or The Translation of the Seventy, often abbreviated as LXX) is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Hebrew. The full title (Ancient Greek: Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα, lit. 'The Translation of the Seventy') derives from the story recorded in the Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates that "the laws of the Jews" were translated into the Greek language at the request of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–247 BCE) by seventy-two Jewish translators—six from each of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.Biblical scholars agree that the first five books of the Hebrew Bible were translated from Biblical Hebrew into Koine Greek by Jews living in the Ptolemaic Kingdom, probably in the early or middle part of the third century BCE. The remaining books were presumably translated in the 2nd century BCE. Some targumim translating or paraphrasing the Bible into Aramaic were also made during the Second Temple period.Few people could speak and even fewer could read in the Hebrew language during the Second Temple period; Koine Greek and Aramaic were the most widely spoken languages at that time among the Jewish community. The Septuagint therefore satisfied a need in the Jewish community.Some scholars claim that the Septuagint includes only the books of the Pentateuch, while others claim it includes all twenty-four books of the Tanakh (5 books of the Torah, 8 books of the Nevi'im, and 11 books of the Ketuvim). Still others claim that the Septuagint includes not only all of the books of the Tanakh, but also several books (such as the Book of Tobit, the Books of the Maccabees, and the Book of Sirach) which are not recognized in the official Jewish canon. Modern critical editions of the Greek Old Testament are based on the Codices Alexandrinus, Sinaiticus, and Vaticanus. There are important differences among these three versions. For example, the Codex Alexandrinus contains all four books of the Maccabees, the Codex Sinaiticus contains only 1 and 4 Maccabees, and the Codex Vaticanus contains none of the four books.

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1. septuagint

   The Septuagint is the earliest existing Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament) from the original Hebrew. It is believed to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars in the 3rd century BC, and is often referred to as the "translation of the seventy" or LXX. It includes books not found in the Hebrew Bible and is used by the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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1. Septuagintnoun

   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

2. Etymology: [From L. septuaginta seventy.]

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1. Septuagint

   The Septuagint, from the Latin word septuaginta, is a pre-Christian translation of the Hebrew Bible and some related texts into Koine Greek. The title and its Roman numeral acronym "LXX" refer to the seventy finest Jewish scholars that completed the translation as early as the late 2nd century BCE. Its contents comprise the Eastern Orthodox Old Testament, for which reason it is sometimes called the "Greek Old Testament". This translation is quoted in the New Testament, particularly in the writings of Paul the Apostle, and also by the Apostolic Fathers and later Greek Church Fathers. The traditional story is that Ptolemy II sponsored the translation for use by the many Alexandrian Jews who were not fluent in Hebrew but fluent in Koine Greek, which was the lingua franca of Alexandria, Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE until the development of Byzantine Greek around 600 CE. The Septuagint should not be confused with the seven or more other Greek versions of the Old Testament, most of which did not survive except as fragments. Of these, the most important are "the three:" those by Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion.

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1. Septuagint

   sep′tū-a-jint, n. the version in Hellenistic Greek of the Old Testament, said to have been made by 72 translators at Alexandria by command of Ptolemy Philadelphus (284-247 B.C.)—usually expressed by LXX.—adj. Septuagin′tal. [L. septuaginta—septem, seven.]

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1. Septuagint

   a version, and the oldest of any known to us, of the Hebrew Scriptures in Greek, executed at Alexandria, in Egypt, by different translators at different periods, commencing with 280 B.C.; it is known as the Alexandria version, while the name Septuagint, or LXX., was given to it on the ground of the tradition that it was the work of 70, or rather 72, Jews, who had, it is alleged, been Drought from Palestine for the purpose, and were fabled, according to one tradition, to have executed the whole in as many days, and, according to another, to have each done the whole apart from the rest, with the result that the version of each was found to correspond word for word with that of all the others; it began with the translation of the Pentateuch and was continued from that time till 130 B.C. by the translation of the rest, the whole being in reality the achievement of several independent workmen, who executed their parts, some with greater some with less ability and success; it is often literal to a painful degree, and it swarms with such pronounced Hebraisms, that a pure Greek would often fail to understand it. It was the version current everywhere at the time of the planting of the Christian Church, and the numerous quotations in the New Testament from the Old are, with few exceptions, quotations from it.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of septuagint in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of septuagint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=septuagint
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Septuagint
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=septuagint
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/septuagint
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=septuagint
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=septuagint
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Septuagint