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.
- Νυμφᾶς G3564 Nymphâs Nympha 1
- νύσσω G3572 nýssō to pierce 1
- νυχθήμερον G3574 nychthḗmeron night and day 1
- νῶτος G3577 nōtos back 1
- ξενοδοχέω G3580 xenodochéō to be hospitable 1
- ξέστης G3582 xéstēs pitcher 1
- ὄγκος G3591 ónkos bulk 1
- ὁδεύω G3593 hodeúō to journey 1
- ὁδοιπορέω G3596 hodoiporéō to travel 1
- ὄζω G3605 ózō to smell 1
- οἴκημα G3612 oíkēma dwelling 1
- οἰκοδεσποτέω G3616 oikodespotéō to manage house 1
- οἰκονομέω G3621 oikonoméō to manage 1
- οἰκουρός G3626 oikourós domestic 1
- οἰνοφλυγία G3632 oinophlygía drunkenness 1
- ὀκνέω G3635 oknéō to hesitate 1
- ὀκταήμερος G3637 oktaḗmeros eight days old 1
- ὀλιγόψυχος G3642 oligópsychos fainthearted 1
- ὀλιγωρέω G3643 oligōréō to disregard 1
- ὀλοθρευτής G3644 olothreutḗs destroyer 1
- ὀλοθρεύω G3645 olothreúō to destroy 1
- ὁλοκληρία G3647 holoklēría sound 1
- ὀλολύζω G3649 ololýzō to wail 1
- ὁλοτελής G3651 holotelḗs perfect 1
- Ὀλυμπᾶς G3652 Olympâs Olympas 1
- ὄλυνθος G3653 ólynthos untimely fig 1
- ὄμβρος G3655 ómbros shower 1
- ὁμιλία G3657 homilía fellowship 1
- ὁμοίωσις G3669 homoíōsis likeness 1
- ὁμολογουμένως G3672 homologouménōs confessedly 1
- ὁμότεχνος G3673 homótechnos same trade 1
- ὁμόφρων G3675 homóphrōn like-minded 1
- ὀνάριον G3678 onárion little donkey 1
- ὄνειδος G3681 óneidos shame 1
- ὀνίνημι G3685 onínēmi to profit 1
- ὁπλίζω G3695 hoplízō to arm 1
- ὁπότε G3698 hopóte when 1
- οπτανομαι G3700 optánomai to look at 1
- ὀπτός G3702 optós cooked 1
- ὀπώρα G3703 opṓra autumn 1
- ὁρατός G3707 horatós visible 1
- ὀργίλος G3711 orgílos prone to anger 1
- ὄρεξις G3715 órexis desire 1
- ὀρθοποδέω G3716 orthopodéō to walk straight 1
- ὀρθοτομέω G3718 orthotoméō to cut straight 1
- ὀρθρίζω G3719 orthrízō to rise early 1
- ὀρθρινός G3720 orthrinós early 1
- ὅρμημα G3731 hórmēma impulse 1
- ὁροθεσία G3734 horothesía boundary 1
- ὁσίως G3743 hosíōs piously 1
- ὄσφρησις G3750 ósphrēsis smell 1
- οὐά G3758 ouá ah 1
- οὐδαμῶς G3760 oudamōs by no means 1
- οὐκοῦν G3766 oukoûn not therefore 1
- Οὐρβανός G3773 Ourbanós Ampliatus 1
- Οὐρίας G3774 Ourías Uriah 1
- ὀφρύς G3790 ophrŷs eyebrow 1
- ὀχλέω G3791 ochléō to disturb 1
- ὀχλοποιέω G3792 ochlopoiéō to gather 1
- ὀχύρωμα G3794 ochýrōma fortress 1
- ὄψιμος G3797 ópsimos late 1
- παγιδεύω G3802 pagideúō to entrap 1
- παθητός G3805 pathētós capable of suffering 1
- παιδάριον G3808 paidárion boy 1
- παιδιόθεν G3812 paidióthen from childhood 1
- παίζω G3815 paízō to play 1
- παλαιότης G3821 palaiótēs oldness 1
- πάλη G3823 pálē wrestling 1
- παμπληθεί G3826 pamplētheí all together 1
- πανδοχεῖον G3829 pandocheîon inn 1
- πανδοχεύς G3830 pandocheús innkeeper 1
- πανήγυρις G3831 panḗgyris public assembly 1
- πανοικί G3832 panoikí with whole family 1
- πανοῦργος G3835 panoûrgos skillful 1
- πάντη G3839 pántē everywhere 1
- παραβάλλω G3846 parabállō to place beside 1
- παραβουλεύομαι G3851 parabouleúomai to consult wrongly 1
- παραδειγματίζω G3856 paradeigmatízō to make example 1
- παραδιατριβή G3859 paradiatribḗ empty business 1
- παράδοξος G3861 parádoxos strange 1
- παραθαλάσσιος G3864 parathalássios by the sea 1
- παραθεωρέω G3865 paratheōréō to compare 1
- παρακαθίζω G3869 parakathízō to sit beside 1
- παρακαλύπτω G3871 parakalýptō to cover up 1
- παράλιος G3882 parálios maritime 1
- παραλλαγή G3883 parallagḗ variation 1
- παραμυθία G3889 paramythía address 1
- παραμύθιον G3890 paramýthion persuasion 1
- παρανομέω G3891 paranoméō to break law 1
- παρανομία G3892 paranomía transgression 1
- παραπικραίνω G3893 parapikraínō to provoke 1
- παραπίπτω G3895 parapíptō to fall beside 1
- παραπλέω G3896 parapléō to sail past 1
- παραπλήσιον G3897 paraplḗsion near to 1
- παραπλησίως G3898 paraplēsíōs similarly 1
- παραῤῥυέω G3901 pararrhyéō to glide by 1
- παράσημος G3902 parásēmos counterfeit 1
- παρατείνω G3905 parateínō to extend 1
- παρατήρησις G3907 paratḗrēsis observation 1
- παρατυγχάνω G3909 paratynchánō to happen to be 1
- παραυτίκα G3910 parautíka for the moment 1
- παραφρονέω G3912 paraphronéō to be beside oneself 1
- παραφρονία G3913 paraphronía madness 1
- παραχειμασία G3915 paracheimasía wintering 1
- πάρδαλις G3917 párdalis leopard 1
- παρεισάγω G3919 pareiságō to bring in secretly 1
- παρείσακτος G3920 pareísaktos brought in secretly 1
- παρεισδύνω G3921 pareisdýnō to enter secretly 1
- παρεισφέρω G3923 pareisphérō to bring in besides 1
- παρενοχλέω G3926 parenochléō to trouble 1
- πάρεσις G3929 páresis neglecting 1
- παρηγορία G3931 parēgoría address 1
- παρθενία G3932 parthenía virginity 1
- Πάρθος G3934 Párthos Parthian 1
- Παρμενᾶς G3937 Parmenâs Parmenas 1
- πάροδος G3938 párodos passage 1
- παροίχομαι G3944 paroíchomai to pass by 1
- παρομοιάζω G3945 paromoiázō to be like 1
- παρόμοιος G3946 parómoios like 1
- παροργισμός G3950 parorgismós wrath 1
- παροτρύνω G3951 parotrýnō to incite 1
- παροψίς G3953 paropsís side dish 1
- Πάταρα G3959 Pátara Patara 1
- Πάτμος G3963 Pátmos Patmos 1
- πατραλῴας G3964 patralṓias parricide 1
- πατρικός G3967 patrikós paternal 1
- Πατρόβας G3969 Patrobâs Patrobas 1
- πατροπαράδοτος G3970 patroparádotos traditional 1
- πεδινός G3977 pedinós level 1
- πεζεύω G3978 pezeúō to travel on foot 1
- πειθός G3981 peithós persuasive 1
- πειράω G3987 peiráō to attempt 1
- πεισμονή G3988 peismonḗ persuasion 1
- πελεκίζω G3990 pelekízō to behead 1
- πένης G3993 pénēs poor 1
- πενθερός G3995 pentherós father-in-law 1
- πενιχρος G3998 penichrós poor 1
- πεντακίς G3999 pentákis five times 1
- πεντεκαιδέκατος G4003 pentekaidékatos fifteenth 1
- περιδέω G4019 peridéō to bind around 1
- περιεργάζομαι G4020 periergázomai to bustle about 1
- περίθεσις G4025 períthesis adornment 1
- περικάθαρμα G4027 perikátharma scum 1
- περικρατής G4031 perikratḗs to have power over 1
- περικρύπτω G4032 perikrýptō to hide 1
- περικυκλόω G4033 perikyklóō to encircle 1
- περιμένω G4037 periménō to wait for 1
- πέριξ G4038 périx round about 1
- περιοικέω G4039 perioikéō to be neighbor 1
- περίοικος G4040 períoikos neighbor 1
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