Septuagint

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɛptjʊəˌdʒɪnt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sep′to̅o̅ ə jint′, -tyo̅o̅-, sep′cho̅o̅-)



WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Sep•tu•a•gint  (sep′to̅o̅ ə jint′, -tyo̅o̅-, sep′cho̅o̅-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biblethe oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd centuryb.c.and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
  • Latin septuāgintā seventy
  • 1555–65
Sep′tu•a•gint′al, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Septuagint /ˈsɛptjʊəˌdʒɪnt/ n
  1. the principal Greek version of the Old Testament, including the Apocrypha, believed to have been translated by 70 or 72 scholars
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin septuāgintā seventy
'Septuagint' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Apocrypha - LXX - Sept - Bible - cider - devil - fustian - hin - holocaust - Moloch - proselyte - teraphim - Zion - seventy

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