Definition of "Seventy"

The Seventy have totally miſrepreſented Iſaiah viii.14, 15 […] .

1823, Herbert Marsh, Introduction to the New Testament, 4th edition, volume 1, page 224

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, page 114

Jerome 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, page 127