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=== Yes — heavily. ===
In the New Testament:
* About 80–90% of all Old Testament quotations match the Septuagint wording, not the Hebrew.
* Some NT arguments depend on the LXX’s phrasing where it differs from the Hebrew.

Examples:
* Hebrews 10:5 quotes Psalm 40:6 in LXX (“a body you prepared for me”), not Hebrew (“ears you have opened”).
* Acts 15:17 follows the LXX version of Amos 9:12, not the Hebrew.

This shows:
👉 The early Christian movement relied primarily on the Greek Septuagint.