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Most Frequent Greek Words

The Greek words that occur most often in the Greek New Testament, ranked by frequency. Learning vocabulary in frequency order is the fastest route to reading fluency — the top few hundred words cover the great majority of the text. Each links to its full Strong’s entry with the BDB/Thayer definition and every occurrence.

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  1. ἀμφίβληστρον G293 amphíblēstron impediment 1
  2. Ἀμφίπολις G295 Amphípolis Amphipolis 1
  3. ἄμφοδον G296 ámphodon street 1
  4. ἀμώμητος G298 amṓmētos blameless 1
  5. ἀναβάλλομαι G306 anabállomai to delay 1
  6. ἀναβιβάζω G307 anabibázō to draw up 1
  7. ἀνάβλεψις G309 anáblepsis recovery of sight 1
  8. ἀναβοάω G310 anaboáō to cry out 1
  9. ἀναβολή G311 anabolḗ delay 1
  10. ἀναγκαστῶς G317 anankastōs by force 1
  11. ἀναγνωρίζομαι G319 anagnōrízomai to recognize 1
  12. ἀνάδειξις G323 anádeixis proclamation 1
  13. ἀναδίδωμι G325 anadídōmi to give forth 1
  14. ἀναζώννυμι G328 anazṓnnymi to gird up 1
  15. ἀναζωπυρέω G329 anazōpyréō to inflame 1
  16. ἀναθάλλω G330 anathállō to sprout up 1
  17. ἀναίδεια G335 anaídeia shamelessness 1
  18. ἀναίρεσις G336 anaíresis murder 1
  19. ἀνακαινίζω G340 anakainízō to renew 1
  20. ἀνάκρισις G351 anákrisis examination 1
  21. ἀνάληψις G354 análēpsis taking up 1
  22. ἀναλογία G356 analogía proportion 1
  23. ἀναλογίζομαι G357 analogízomai to ponder 1
  24. ἄναλος G358 ánalos unsalted 1
  25. ἀνάλυσις G359 análysis dissolving 1
  26. ἀναμάρτητος G361 anamártētos sinless 1
  27. ἀναμένω G362 anaménō to wait for 1
  28. ἀνανεόω G365 ananeóō to renew 1
  29. ἀνανήφω G366 ananḗphō to sober up 1
  30. ἀναντίῤῥητος G368 anantírrhētos undeniable 1
  31. ἀναντιῤῥήτως G369 anantirrhḗtōs undeniably 1
  32. ἀνάξιος G370 anáxios unworthy 1
  33. ἀναξίως G371 anaxíōs unworthily 1
  34. ἀναπείθω G374 anapeíthō to incite 1
  35. ἀναπτύσσω G380 anaptýssō to unroll 1
  36. ἀναρίθμητος G382 anaríthmētos innumerable 1
  37. ἀνασκευάζω G384 anaskeuázō to turn away 1
  38. ἀνασταυρόω G388 anastauróō to crucify 1
  39. ἀναστενάζω G389 anastenázō to sigh deeply 1
  40. ἀνατάσσομαι G392 anatássomai to arrange 1
  41. ἀναφωνέω G400 anaphōnéō to cry out 1
  42. ἀνάχυσις G401 anáchysis excess 1
  43. ἀνάψυξις G403 anápsyxis refreshment 1
  44. ἀναψύχω G404 anapsýchō to refresh 1
  45. ἀνδραποδιστής G405 andrapodistḗs man-stealer 1
  46. ἀνδρίζομαι G407 andrízomai to show oneself brave 1
  47. Ἀνδρόνικος G408 Andrónikos Barnabas 1
  48. ἀνδροφόνος G409 androphónos murderer 1
  49. ἀνεκδιήγητος G411 anekdiḗgētos unspeakable 1
  50. ἀνεκλάλητος G412 aneklálētos unspeakable 1
  51. ἀνέκλειπτος G413 anékleiptos unfailing 1
  52. ἀνελεήμων G415 aneleḗmōn merciless 1
  53. ἀνεμίζω G416 anemízō to drive by wind 1
  54. ἀνένδεκτος G418 anéndektos inadmissible 1
  55. ἀνεξερεύνητος G419 anexereúnētos unsearchable 1
  56. ἀνεξίκακος G420 anexíkakos patient 1
  57. ἀνεπαίσχυντος G422 anepaíschyntos blameless 1
  58. ἀνεύθετος G428 aneúthetos inconvenient 1
  59. ἀνέψιος G431 anepsiós cousin 1
  60. ἄνηθον G432 ánēthon dill 1
  61. ἀνήμερος G434 anḗmeros savage 1
  62. ἀνθομολογέομαι G437 anthomologéomai to acknowledge 1
  63. ἄνθραξ G440 ánthrax burning coal 1
  64. ἀνίλεως G448 aníleōs merciless 1
  65. Ἄννα G451 Ánna Anna 1
  66. ἄνοιξις G457 ánoixis opening 1
  67. ἀνταγωνίζομαι G464 antagōnízomai to struggle 1
  68. ἀνταναπληρόω G466 antanaplēróō to fill up 1
  69. ἀνταπόδοσις G469 antapódosis to reward 1
  70. ἀντιβάλλω G474 antibállō to throw back 1
  71. ἀντιδιατίθεμαι G475 antidiatíthemai to oppose 1
  72. ἀντίθεσις G477 antíthesis opposition 1
  73. ἀντικαθίστημι G478 antikathístēmi to place opposite 1
  74. ἀντικαλέω G479 antikaléō to invite in turn 1
  75. ἀντικρύ G481 antikrý opposite 1
  76. ἀντίληψις G484 antílēpsis to help 1
  77. ἀντιλοιδορέω G486 antiloidoréō to revile back 1
  78. ἀντίλυτρον G487 antílytron ransom 1
  79. ἀντιμετρέω G488 antimetréō to repay 1
  80. Ἀντιοχεύς G491 Antiocheús Antiochian 1
  81. Ἀντίπας G493 Antípas Antipas 1
  82. Ἀντιπατρίς G494 Antipatrís Antipatris 1
  83. ἀντιπέραν G495 antipéran across 1
  84. ἀντιπίπτω G496 antipíptō to oppose 1
  85. ἀντιστρατεύομαι G497 antistrateúomai to war against 1
  86. ἄντλημα G502 ántlēma to draw water 1
  87. ἀντοφθαλμέω G503 antophthalméō to withstand 1
  88. ἀνωτερικός G510 anōterikós upper 1
  89. ἀπάγχομαι G519 apánchomai to strangle 1
  90. ἀπαίδευτος G521 apaídeutos ignorant 1
  91. ἀπαλγέω G524 apalgéō to cease grieving 1
  92. ἀπαντάω G528 apantáō to meet 1
  93. ἀπαράβατος G531 aparábatos inviolable 1
  94. ἀπαρασκεύαστος G532 aparaskeúastos unprepared 1
  95. ἀπαρτισμός G535 apartismós completion 1
  96. ἀπάτωρ G540 apátōr without recorded father 1
  97. ἀπαύγασμα G541 apaúgasma brightness 1
  98. ἄπειμι G549 ápeimi to depart 1
  99. ἀπειπόμην G550 apeipómēn to declare 1
  100. ἀπείραστος G551 apeírastos untempted 1
  101. ἄπειρος G552 ápeiros inexperienced 1
  102. ἀπέκδυσις G555 apékdysis putting off 1
  103. ἀπελαύνω G556 apelaúnō to drive away 1
  104. ἀπελεγμός G557 apelegmós censure 1
  105. ἀπελεύθερος G558 apeleútheros freedman 1
  106. Ἀπελλῆς G559 Apellēs Christian 1
  107. ἀπελπίζω G560 apelpízō not despairing 1
  108. ἀπέραντος G562 apérantos boundless 1
  109. ἀπερισπάστως G563 aperispástōs without anxiety 1
  110. ἀπερίτμητος G564 aperítmētos uncircumcised 1
  111. ἁπλῶς G574 haplōs simply 1
  112. ἀποβλέπω G578 apoblépō to gaze 1
  113. ἀπόβλητος G579 apóblētos rejected 1
  114. ἀπογενόμενος G581 apogenómenos to depart 1
  115. ἀπόδειξις G585 apódeixis demonstration 1
  116. ἀπόδημος G590 apódēmos abroad 1
  117. ἀποδιορίζω G592 apodiorízō to separate 1
  118. ἀποθησαυρίζω G597 apothēsaurízō to store up 1
  119. ἀποθλίβω G598 apothlíbō to press hard 1
  120. ἀποκατάστασις G605 apokatástasis restoration 1
  121. ἀποκλείω G608 apokleíō to shut up 1
  122. ἀπόκριμα G610 apókrima answer 1
  123. ἀπολείχω G621 apoleíchō to lick off 1
  124. Ἀπολλύων G623 Apollýōn destroyer 1
  125. Ἀπολλωνία G624 Apollōnía Apollonia 1
  126. ἀπολούω G628 apoloúō to wash off 1
  127. ἀπομάσσομαι G631 apomássomai to wipe off 1
  128. ἀπονέμω G632 aponémō to portion out 1
  129. ἀπονίπτω G633 aponíptō to wash off 1
  130. ἀποπίπτω G634 apopíptō to fall off 1
  131. ἀπορία G640 aporía perplexity 1
  132. ἀποῤῥίπτω G641 aporrhíptō to cast down 1
  133. ἀπορφανίζω G642 aporphanízō to bereave 1
  134. ἀποσκευάζω G643 aposkeuázō to carry off 1
  135. ἀποσκίασμα G644 aposkíasma shadow 1
  136. ἀποστεγάζω G648 apostegázō to uncover 1
  137. ἀποστοματίζω G653 apostomatízō to catechize 1
  138. ἀποστυγέω G655 apostygéō to abhor 1
  139. ἀποτίνω G661 apotínō to repay 1
  140. ἀποτολμάω G662 apotolmáō to assume boldness 1
  141. ἀποτρέπω G665 apotrépō to shun 1
  142. ἀπουσία G666 apousía absence 1
  143. ἀποφορτίζομαι G670 apophortízomai to unlade 1
  144. ἀπόχρησις G671 apóchrēsis abuse 1
  145. ἀποψύχω G674 apopsýchō to expire 1
  146. Ἄππιος G675 Áppios Forum Appii 1
  147. ἀπρόσιτος G676 aprósitos unapproachable 1
  148. ἀπροσωπολήπτως G678 aprosōpolḗptōs impartial 1
  149. ἄπταιστος G679 áptaistos standing firm 1
  150. Ἀπφία G682 Apphía Onesimus 1

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