septuagint English · revision 1547

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1563}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsɛp.tjʊ.ə.d͡ʒɪnt/, /ˈsɛp.t͡ʃʊ.ə.d͡ʒɪnt/ ''(UK)''; /sɛpˈtu.ə.d͡ʒənt/, /sɛpˈtju.ə.d͡ʒənt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|septuāgintā|t=the seventy]], short for [[m|la-lat|septuāgintā interpretēs|t=the seventy translators]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from [[la|septuāgintā|t=seventy]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from [[m|la|septem|t=seven]] (see [[seven]]) and [[m|la|-gintā|t=tens]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) from [[ine-pro|*dkm-ta-]], from the root [[ine-pro|*dekm-|t=ten]].^(Etymonline) The Latin translates [[grc|ἑβδομήκοντα|tr=hebdomḗkonta|t=seventy]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The seventy translators of the Old Testament into Greek, collectively (1563 in the OED; 1577 in Barnhart).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The name comes from the tradition that the translation was made in the 3rd century BC by seventy or seventy-two Jewish scholars, finished in seventy or seventy-two days;^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)^(Weekley 1921) it is now believed to have been made at different times.^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) The translation itself is called the Septuagint from 1633.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate) In the 16th century the word also named the seventy elders of Israel,^(OED 1989) and since 1864 it means any group of seventy.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) The usual abbreviation is LXX.^(MWU 2024)^(Weekley 1921)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1563 – the seventy translators.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1564 – the seventy elders of Israel (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1633 – the Greek Old Testament.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1864 – a group of seventy.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The oldest [[Greek]] translation of the [[Old Testament]], made in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC and adopted by Greek-speaking Christians; usually capitalized.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The seventy or seventy-two scholars held to have made this translation.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)

+ # A group of seventy.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Septuagintal]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[seven]]

+ * [[seventy]]

+ * [[Vulgate]]

+ * [[Pentateuch]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}