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Septuagint

Septuagint

2 9.9
An old Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament used by early Christians
  • proper noun
  • /ˈsɛptuədʒɪnt/
  • Literature
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  • In this case, the Septuagint may well preserve a more accurate lettering for a place name than the Masoretic text.
  • Septuagint Greek

They were discussing which came first, the Hebrew Masoretic text of the Old Testament or the Greek Septuagint?

Examples

  • Early Christianity primarily used the Septuagint as its text for the Old Testament.

    Blog text (9)

  • The Greek Orthodox Church still uses the Septuagint.

    Blog text (9)

  • In one version of the Septuagint, this village is called Maron.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The ages in the Septuagint are substantially longer and add more than 1,000 years to the date of creation.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Some geographical references in the Septuagint differ from those in the Masoretic text, which in turn raises questions about the accuracy of either version or both.

    Academic text (1992)

  • During the Reformation, disputes arose among scholars concerning the accuracy of the Masoretic Hebrew Bible compared with that of the Greek Septuagint.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Significantly, the Septuagint excludes Judah from this verse, and some scholars pointed to this apparently nonsensical inclusion in the Masoretic text as proof of the Septuagint's superiority.

    Academic text (1992)

  • In 400 C.E., St. Jerome produced the Latin Vulgate, which was based upon the Jewish Scriptures, but kept the Septuagint books which had no corresponding Jewish text (i.e., the Apocrypha).

    Blog text (9)

  • Early Christianity primarily used the Septuagint as its text for the Old Testament.

  • A Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, called the Septuagint, was compiled by Jewish scholars living in Alexandria, Egypt.

Synonyms

LXX
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  • Formal
1 9.9

An abbreviation for the ancient Greek version of the Hebrew Bible

is the full written name used instead of the short form

Surface Forms

Septuagint main

Etymology

The word Septuagint comes from the Latin septuaginta, which means 'seventy', and from the old abbreviation LXX for 70. A popular story says about seventy Jewish scholars made the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures, so the name means 'work of the seventy' and that is why Septuagint refers to the ancient Greek Old Testament.