In academia, the septuagint is often abbreviated as lxx (the roman numberal for seventy) in honor of this tradition. This site is a joint project between the greek orthodox archdiocese of america and the Ò€¦ The septuagint, often abbreviated as lxx, is the ancient greek translation of the hebrew scriptures, traditionally said to have been translated by seventy or seventy-two jewish scholars in the 3rd Ò€¦