Septuagint
Meaning
Proper Noun
- An ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek from the third to approx. first centuries BC, undertaken due to the declining knowledge of Hebrew among Alexandrian Jews.
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Origin
- Borrowed from New Latin Septuaginta ("Septuagint"), which is an ellipsis from earlier descriptional names like Septuaginta translatio or Septuaginta interpretes, originating in the popular belief (now considered fictitious) that the Hebrew Law was translated to Greek by septuāgintā reputed scholars.
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