One Hebrew word in Isaiah 7:14: what does *almah* do elsewhere?
…The Septuagint reads *parthenos* at Isaiah 7:14, and Matthew 1:23 quotes the verse with *parthenos*. So…
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Why does this translation say “Jehovah”?
…That spoken substitution became the written one nearly everywhere: - the Greek Old Testament (the **Septuagint**) put *Kyrios*, “Lord…
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1 Samuel — Introduction
…Βασιλειῶν Αʹ (Basileion A) — '1 Kingdoms' — The Septuagint groups Samuel and Kings as four 'books of the Kingdoms' (Basileion A…
2 Samuel — Introduction
…The division into 1 and 2 Samuel comes from the Greek Septuagint, whose translators needed more scroll-length than Hebrew…
Psalms 1
…The one is planted and stays; the other is loose and gone. (NWT adds an intensifier the Septuagint and Vulgate…
Psalms — Introduction
…Ψαλμοί (Psalmoi) — 'Songs sung to a plucked instrument' (from psallo, to pluck a string) — the Septuagint's title, kept in…
Malachi — Introduction
…The Talmud (Megillah 15a) preserves the debate, including the identification with Ezra; the Septuagint reads the word as a title…
1 Kings — Introduction
…Βασιλειῶν Γʹ (Basileion C) — '3 Kingdoms' — The Septuagint groups Samuel and Kings as four 'books of the Kingdoms,' so 1…
Ruth — Introduction
…Ῥούθ (Rhouth) — The Septuagint moves Ruth out of the Writings and sets it right after Judges, as a historical bridge…
Lamentations — Introduction
…Θρῆνοι (Thrēnoi) — 'Dirges' — the Septuagint's title, which Latin took as Threni and then as Lamentationes, giving the English name…
Ecclesiastes — Introduction
…Ἐκκλησιαστής (Ekklēsiastēs) — The Septuagint's rendering of Qohelet, built on ekklēsia, 'assembly, congregation' — the same word this translation renders 'congregation…
Isaiah — Introduction
…Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaias) — The Septuagint's Isaiah is a comparatively free translation, and several of its readings became load-bearing in…
