| 单词 | septuagint |
| 释义 | Septuagint[ sep-too-uh-jint, -tyoo-, sep-choo- ] / ˈsɛp tu əˌdʒɪnt, -tyu-, ˈsɛp tʃu- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR Septuagint ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries. Abbreviation: Sept.; Symbol: LXX Origin of SeptuagintFirst recorded in 1555–65, from Latin septuāgintā “seventy” OTHER WORDS FROM SeptuagintSep·tu·a·gint·al, adjectiveWords nearby Septuagintseptotomy, Septra, septuagenarian, septuagenary, Septuagesima, Septuagint, septulum, septum, septum pellucidum, septum penis, septuple Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for SeptuagintSeptuagint / (ˈsɛptjʊəˌdʒɪnt) / nounthe principal Greek version of the Old Testament, including the Apocrypha, believed to have been translated by 70 or 72 scholars Word Origin for SeptuagintC16: from Latin septuāgintā seventy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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