a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible dating from the 2nd or 3rd century BC 希伯来圣经的希腊语版本,可追溯到公元前2世纪或3世纪。 Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally denoting the translators themselves): from Latin septuaginta ‘seventy’, because of the tradition that it was produced, under divine inspiration, by seventy-two translators working independently.