Septuagint Hear it!

Septuagint definition

Sep·tua·gint (sep′to̵̅o̅ ə jint, -tyo̵̅o̅-)

noun

a translation into Greek of the Hebrew Scriptures made several centuries

Etymology: < L septuaginta, seventy: because of the ancient tradition that it was completed in 70 (or 72) days by 72 Palestinian Jews for Ptolemy II of Egypt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.