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Septuagint

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Septuagint /ˈsɛptjʊədʒɪnt/

▶noun a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament), including the Apocrypha, produced in the 3rd and 2nd centuries bc.

– origin C16: from L. septuaginta ‘seventy’, because of the tradition that it was produced by seventy-two translators working independently.

'Septuagint' also found in these Oxford entries:

Apocrypha - devil - diaspora - Eden - LXX - Sept.

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