HOW TO PRONOUNCE
septuagint
/sɛpˈtuəd͡ʒənt/
Press play to hear how to pronounce septuagint.
American Pronunciation Guide · 1:13
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does septuagint mean?
proper noun
- An influential Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible produced in Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.
More meanings (2)
noun
- (archaic) A group of 70 people or a collection of 70 things.
proper noun
- (archaic) The team of translators who produced the Septuagint.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/sɛpˈtuəd͡ʒənt/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/sɛpˈtjuəd͡ʒənt//ˈsɛpʃəwəˌd͡ʒɪnt//ˈsɛpt͡ʃəwəˌd͡ʒɪnt//ˈsɛptəwəˌd͡ʒɪnt/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
Job lived to be two hundred years old, or, according to the Septuagint, four hundred.
In view of these considerations Raleigh followed the chronology of the Septuagint version, which enabled him to give to the human race a few more years than were usually allowed.
More book examples (2)
"There are actual astronomical calculations in existence, with calendars formed upon them, which eminent astronomers of England and France admit to be genuine and true, and which carry back the antiquity of the science of astronomy, together with the constellations, to within a few years of the Deluge, even on the longer chronology of the Septuagint."
"Thou shalt put in the Breastplate of Judgment, the Urim and the Thummin:" which hee saith is interpreted by the Septuagint, delosin kai aletheian, that is, Evidence and Truth: And thence concludeth, God had given Evidence, and Truth, (which is almost infallibility,) to the High Priest.