Septuagint

['septjuədʒint;-tʃu-]

Definition

(noun.) the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament; said to have been translated from the Hebrew by Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II.

Typist: Vilma--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Typist: Lottie

Definition

n. the version in Hellenistic Greek of the Old Testament said to have been made by 72 translators at Alexandria by command of Ptolemy Philadelphus (284-247 B.C.)—usually expressed by LXX.—adj. Septuagin′tal.

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