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:fulfilled, which were written in the ''law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms'', concerning me.{{ref|1}}
The term ''Old Testament'' itself is a translation of the Latin ''Vetus Testamentum'', from the Greek η Παλαια Διαθηκη (hē Palaia Diathēkē), all meaning "The Old Covenant " (or "Testament")". The Latin rendered testament in English originally came from the Latin for "witness" and from there expanded to mean "to make a will"; thus, though it is purported to be synonymous with "covenant," it has a distinct legal flavoring. Further semantic extensions in English have made the English term more ambiguous[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/testament].
The Orthodox Church also numbers among the genuine books of the Old Testament the so-called ''apocryphal'' books, literally meaningthe "secret" or "hidden" writings. A less Protestant-biased term for these parts of Scripture is the ''[[deuterocanonical writings]]''.