septuagint

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Sep=tu=a=gint

CIDE DICTIONARY

septuagint, n. [From L. septuaginta seventy.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
" The causes which produced it [the Septuagint], the number and names of the translators, the times at which different portions were translated, are all uncertain. The only point in which all agree is that Alexandria was the birthplace of the version. On one other point there is a near agreement, namely, as to time, that the version was made, or at least commenced, in the time of the early Ptolemies, in the first half of the third century b.c."  Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)  [1913 Webster]

Septuagint chronology, the chronology founded upon the dates of the Septuagint, which makes 1500 years more from the creation to Abraham than the Hebrew Bible.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

septuagint, n. a Greek version of the Old Testament including the Apocrypha, said to have been made about 270 BC by seventy-two translators.

Etymology

L septuaginta seventy

ROGET THESAURUS

septuagint

Judeo-Christian Revelation

N Judeo-christian revelation, revelation, inspiration, afflatus, theophany, theopneusty, Word, Word of God, Scripture, the Scriptures, the Bible, Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures, inspired writings, Gospel, Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch, Octateuch, the Law, the Jewish Law, the Prophets, major Prophets, minor Prophets, Hagiographa, Hagiology, Hierographa, Apocrypha, New Testament, Gospels, Evangelists, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse, Revelations, Talmud, Mishna, Masorah, prophet, evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint, the Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers, Holy Men of old, inspired penmen, scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic, evangelical, evangelistic, apostolic, apostolical, inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary.