Meanings
seventy1
alternative Arabic numeral 70 · alternative Roman numeral LXX
- The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.
Synonyms: threescore and ten
Seventy2
- The translators of the Septuagint
The Seventy have totally miſrepreſented Iſaiah viii.14, 15 […].
1823, Herbert Marsh, Introduction to the New Testament, 4th edition, volume 1, page 2242 more examples
It was impossible to avoid pagan terminology altogether, however, and the Seventy relaxed their vigilance when dealing with poetry.
1988, Elias J. Bickerman, The Jews in the Greek Age, →ISBN, page 114Jerome could accommodate himself to the ecclesiastical consensus, but he expresses clearly and trenchantly his critical opinion that the Seventy were not inspired […].
1989, William McKane, Selected Christian Hebraists, →ISBN, page 127
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*sebuntēhundą“seventy”
- Old Englishhundseofontiġ
- Middle Englishseventy
- Englishseventy
From Middle English seventy, sevynty, from Old English hundseofontiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą (“seventy”), equivalent to seven + -ty. Cognate with Scots seiventy (“seventy”), Saterland Frisian soogentich (“seventy”), West Frisian santich (“seventy”), Dutch zeventig (“seventy”), German Low German söventig (“seventy”), German siebzig (“seventy”), Swedish sjuttio (“seventy”), Norwegian sytti (“seventy”), Icelandic sjötíu (“seventy”).
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Afrikaans sewentig
- sewentigcardinal number
Ancient Greek ἑβδομήκοντα, ο΄
- ἑβδομήκοντα (hebdomḗkonta)cardinal number
- ο΄cardinal number
Arabic سَبْعِينَ, سَبْعُون
- سَبْعِينَ (sabʕīna)cardinal number
- سَبْعُون (sabʕūn)cardinal number
Basque hirurogeita hamar
- hirurogeita hamarcardinal number
Bengali সত্তর
- সত্তর (śottor)cardinal number
Bulgarian седемдесе́т
- седемдесе́т (sedemdesét)cardinal number
Catalan setanta
- setantacardinal number
Chinese Mandarin 七十
- 七十 (qīshí)cardinal number
Czech sedmdesát
- sedmdesátcardinal number
Danish halvfjerds, syvti
- halvfjerdscardinal number
- syvticardinal number
Dutch zeventig
- zeventigcardinal number
Esperanto sepdek
- sepdekcardinal number
Estonian seitsekümmend
- seitsekümmendcardinal number
Finnish seitsemänkymmentä
- seitsemänkymmentäcardinal number
French soixante-dix, septante
- soixante-dixcardinal number
- septantecardinal number
- trois vingt dixcardinal number
- Septantetranslators of the Septuagint
German siebzig
- siebzigcardinal number
Greek εβδομήντα
- εβδομήντα (evdomínta)cardinal number
Hawaiian kanahiku
- kanahikucardinal number
Hebrew שִׁבְעִים
- שִׁבְעִים (shiv‘ím)cardinal number
Hindi सत्तर
- सत्तर (sattar)cardinal number
Hungarian hetven
- hetvencardinal number
Icelandic sjötíu
- sjötíucardinal number
Indonesian tujuh puluh
- tujuh puluhcardinal number
Irish seachtó
- seachtócardinal number
Italian settanta
- settantacardinal number
Japanese 七十
- 七十cardinal number
Korean 일흔, 칠십
- 일흔 (ilheun)cardinal number
- 칠십 (chilsip)cardinal number
Latin septuaginta
- septuagintacardinal number
Latvian septiņdesmit
- septiņdesmitcardinal number
Lithuanian septyniasdešimt
- septyniasdešimtcardinal number
Malay tujuh puluh, pitu puluh
- tujuh puluhcardinal number
- pitu puluhcardinal number
Māori whitu tekau
- whitu tekaucardinal number
Norwegian sytti
- sytticardinal number
Persian هفتاد
- هفتاد (haftâd)cardinal number
Polish siedemdziesiąt
- siedemdziesiątcardinal number
Portuguese setenta
- setentacardinal number
Punjabi ਸੱਤਰ
- ਸੱਤਰ (sattar)cardinal number
Romanian șaptezeci
- șaptezecicardinal number
Russian се́мьдесят
- се́мьдесят (sémʹdesjat)cardinal number
Scottish Gaelic trì fichead 's a deich, seachdad
- trì fichead 's a deichcardinal number
- seachdadcardinal number
Slovak sedemdesiat
- sedemdesiatcardinal number
Spanish setenta
- setentacardinal number
Swahili sabini
- sabinicardinal number
Swedish sjuttio
- sjuttiocardinal number
Tagalog pitumpu
- pitumpucardinal number
Thai เจ็ดสิบ
- เจ็ดสิบ (jèt-sìp)cardinal number
Turkish yetmiş
- yetmişcardinal number
Ukrainian сі́мдесят
- сі́мдесят (símdesjat)cardinal number
Urdu ستر, ہفتاد
- ستر (sattar)cardinal number
- ہفتاد (haftād)cardinal number
Vietnamese bảy mươi
- bảy mươicardinal number
Welsh deg a thrigain, saith deg
- deg a thrigaincardinal number
- saith degcardinal number
Yiddish זיבעציק
- זיבעציק (zibetsik)cardinal number
Cite this entry
seventy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy
“seventy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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