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The Septuagint LXX:
Greek and English

by Sir Lancelot C.L. Brenton

published by Samuel Bagster & Sons, Ltd., London, 1851

Order of Books, Chapters and verses will follow the LXX order according to Vol. I, II & III of the Greek Old Testament by H.B. Swete (1835-1917)


GENESIS Genesis
EXODOS Exodus
LEUITIKON Leviticus
ARIQMOI Numbers
DEUTERONOMION Deuteronomy
IHSOUS NAUH Joshua, the son of Nun
KRITAI Judges
ROUQ Ruth
BASILEIWN A/ Kings I. (1 Samuel)
BASILEIWN B/ Kings II. (2 Samuel)
BASILEIWN G/ Kings III. (1 Kings)
BASILEIWN D/ Kings IV. (2 Kings)
PARALEIPOMENWN A Paralipomenon I. (1 Chronicles)
PARALEIPOMENWN B/ Paralipomenon II. (2 Chronicles)
ESDRAS A/ Esdras I.
ESDRAS B/ Esdras II. (Ezra)
NEEMIAS Nehemiah (part of 2 Esd. in Swete's)
YALMOI Psalms of David [not yet available]
PROSEUXH MANASSH Prayer of Manasseh (Ode 8 in Swete's; Ode 12 in Rahlfs' LXX)
PAROIMIAI Proverbs
EKKAHSIASTHS Ecclesiastes
ASMA Song of Solomon (Canticles)
IWB Job
SOFIA SALWMWN Wisdom of Solomon
SOFIA SEIRAX Wisdom of the Son of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
ESQHR Esther
IOUDIQ Judith
TWBIT Tobit
WSHE Hosea
AMWS Amos
MIXAIAS Micah
IWHL Joel
OBDIOU Obadiah
IWNAS Jonah
NAOUM Nahum
AMBAKOUM Habakkuk
SOFONIAS Zephaniah
AGGAIOS Haggai
ZAXARIAS Zechariah
MALAXIAS Malachi
HSAIAS Isaiah
IEREMIAS Jeremiah
BAROUX Baruch
QRHNOI Lamentations of Jeremiah
EPISTOLH IEREMIOU Epistle of Jeremiah
IESEKIHL Ezekiel
DANIHL Daniel
TWN TRIWN PAIDWN AINESIS Song of the Three Children
SWSANNA Susanna
BHL KAI DRAKWN Bel and the Dragon
MAKKABAIWN A/ I. Maccabees
MAKKABAIWN B/ II. Maccabees
MAKKABAIWN G/ III. Maccabees

Appearing at the end of various Greek Bibles and MSS.
MAKKABAIWN D/ IV. Maccabees
YALMOI SALWMWN Psalms of Solomon (Gray translation, 1913)
Abbreviation and Signs used in the Notes
Heb. Hebrew. Alex. Alexandrine Text.
Gr. Greek. Ald. Aldine Text.
Lit. Literally. App. Appendix.
q. d. quasi dicat. + Sign of addition.
Comp. Compare. - Sign of omission.
A. V. Authorised Version. sc. scilicet, that is to say.

Introduction. | Appendix. | Heb-Grk Order for Jeremiah| Greek Font
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