What does "septuagint" mean?
A group of 70 people or a collection of 70 things.
Septuagint
/sɛpˈtu.ə.d͡ʒənt/ name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A group of 70 people or a collection of 70 things.
- Grammar: septuagint is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: bible, canon, canonical collection, deuterocanon.
- Useful contrasts: Hebrew Bible, Hebrew canon, Masoretic Hebrew.
- Usage evidence: 2006, Katrin Hauspie, Theodoret and Messianic Verses in the Septuagint version of Ezekiel, Michael Anthony Knibb (editor), The Septuagint and Messianism, Leuven University Press, Peeters Publishers (Peeters Leuven), page 503, Traces of messianism in the Septuagint have occupied scholars for years; the Book of Ezekiel too has challenged attention in this specific domain of research.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A group of 70 people or a collection of 70 things. archaic
"This tenebrosity of the interior, he proceeded to say, hath not been illumined by the wit of the septuagint nor so much as mentioned for the Orient from on high which brake hell’s gates visited a darkness that was foraneous."
Proper Noun
- 1 The team of translators who produced the Septuagint. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 2 An influential Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible produced in Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. countable, uncountable
"2006, Katrin Hauspie, Theodoret and Messianic Verses in the Septuagint version of Ezekiel, Michael Anthony Knibb (editor), The Septuagint and Messianism, Leuven University Press, Peeters Publishers (Peeters Leuven), page 503, Traces of messianism in the Septuagint have occupied scholars for years; the Book of Ezekiel too has challenged attention in this specific domain of research."
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
Hebrew BibleHebrew canonMasoretic HebrewMasoretic text
Example
"2006, Katrin Hauspie, Theodoret and Messianic Verses in the Septuagint version of Ezekiel, Michael Anthony Knibb (editor), The Septuagint and Messianism, Leuven University Press, Peeters Publishers (Peeters Leuven), page 503, Traces of messianism in the Septuagint have occupied scholars for years; the Book of Ezekiel too has challenged attention in this specific domain of research."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "septuagint"?
Common synonyms include: bible, canon, canonical collection, deuterocanon, greek bible, greek canon.
How do you use "septuagint" in a sentence?
2006, Katrin Hauspie, Theodoret and Messianic Verses in the Septuagint version of Ezekiel, Michael Anthony Knibb (editor), The Septuagint and Messianism, Leuven University Press, Peeters Publishers (Peeters Leuven), page 503, Traces of messianism in the Septuagint have occupied scholars for years; the Book of Ezekiel too has challenged attention in this specific domain of research.
How do you pronounce "septuagint"?
Pronounced /sɛpˈtu.ə.d͡ʒənt/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Late Latin Septuaginta, lit. "The Seventy", a clipping of earlier descriptional names such as septuaginta translatio (“translation by the seventy”) and septuaginta interpretes (“the 70 interpreters”), calques of Koine Greek names such as οἱ ἐβδομήκοντα ἑρμηνευταί (hoi ebdomḗkonta hermēneutaí, “the 70 interpreters”) and οἱ Ο′ (hoi O′, “the LXX”), deriving from the popular (but probably mistaken) belief that its translation of the Torah had been produced in 72 days by a team of 72 Jewish scholars from Jerusalem (6 from each tribe) summoned to Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy II.
Etymology 2
From Latin septuaginta (“seven tens, 70”), chiefly under the influence of the Septuagint and the story of its team of translators, q.v.