# Deuteronomy

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /djuːtəˈɹɒnəmi/ · frequency rank #34,017

## Definitions
1. The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.

## Etymology
From the name which the book bears in the Septuagint (Ancient Greek Δευτερονόμιον (Deuteronómion), from δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”) + -ιον (-ion), and in the Vulgate Latin Deuteronomium). This is based upon the erroneous Septuagint rendering of משנה התורה הזאת (mishneh ha-torah ha-zot) (17:18), which grammatically can mean only "a repetition [that is, a copy] of this law," but which is rendered by the Septuagint τὸ Δευτερονόμιον τοῦτο (tò Deuteronómion toûto), as though the expression meant "this repetition of the law."

## Common misspellings (16)
`ddeuteronomy`, `detueronomy`, `deuetronomy`, `deuteornomy`, `deuternoomy`, `deuteronmoy`, `deuteronnomy`, `deuteronommy`, `deuteronomyy`, `deuteronoym`, `deuteroonmy`, `deuterronomy`, `deutreonomy`, `deutteronomy`, `dueteronomy`, `eduteronomy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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