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Septuagint

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septuagint

Main Entry:: Sep·tu·a·gint
Pronunciation:: \sep-ˈtü-ə-jənt, -ˈtyü-; ˈsep-tə-wə-ˌjint\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Late Latin Septuaginta, from Latin, seventy, irregular from septem seven + -ginta (akin to Latin viginti twenty); from the approximate number of its translators — more at seven, vigesimal
Date:: 1633

: a Greek version of the Jewish Scriptures redacted in the third and second centuries b.c. by Jewish scholars and adopted by Greek-speaking Christians

— Sep·tu·a·gin·tal

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\(ˌ)sep-ˌtü-ə-ˈjin-t^əl, -ˌtyü-; ˌsep-tə-wə-\ adjective

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