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| Sep·tu·a·gint [ sép too ə jìnt, sép choo ə jìnt ] |
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Greek version of Hebrew Bible: a Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made in the 3rd and 2nd centuries bc to meet the needs of Greek-speaking Jews outside Palestine. The Septuagint contains some books not in the Hebrew canon.
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| [Mid-16th century. < Latin septuaginta "seventy"; because about seventy translators were said to have worked on it] |
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