SEPTUAGINT,

See VERSIONS.

(The seventy). The Septuagint or Greek version of the Old Testament appears at the present day in four principal editions:—

SEP'TUAGINT, the Greek version of the O.T. See Bible.

SEP'TUAGINT, the Greek version of the O.T. See Bible.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A Greek version of the Old Testament; -- so called because it was believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two) translators.