Septuagint Greek Vocabulary
The Septuagint (LXX) — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament — uses thousands of words that never appear in the Greek New Testament, so they carry no Strong’s number and are missing from most English study tools. This is a browsable index of that vocabulary: each word links to a study page with its transliteration, a curated modern-English gloss, and a sample of every book it occurs in.
Sorted by frequency, so the most common words come first. Glosses are curated modern-English senses, not Strong’s definitions. Proper names and unidentified forms keep their own word pages but are not listed here, so this stays a true vocabulary list.
- κριός kriós ram 172
- πρόσταγμα próstagma ordinance, command 134
- πεδίον pedíon plain, field 129
- χαλκοῦς chalkoûs of bronze, brazen 108
- πίμπλημι pímplēmi fill 102
- ἀμφότεροι amphóteroi both 99
- στέαρ stéar fat, suet 90
- ἄκρος ákros topmost, extreme 87
- ἕνεκεν héneken because of, for the sake of 86
- ὁλοκαύτωσις holokaútōsis burnt offering 81
- διατίθημι diatíthēmi make (a covenant) 80
- λοιπός loipós remaining, rest 79
- διάψαλμα diápsalma selah (musical pause) 76
- ἀναἵζω hanaízō set up, dedicate 76
- αἴξ aíx goat 74
- ἀργυροῦς argyroûs of silver 74
- σίκλος síklos shekel 73
- τραυματίας traumatías slain, wounded man 73
- διαῥήγνυμι diarhḗgnymi tear apart, rend 70
- παρατάσσω paratássō draw up in battle 69
- καΐἐγώ kaí̈egṓ and I 68
- ἔνθεν énthen from here, hence 68
- ἀγαλλιάομαι agalliáomai rejoice greatly 67
- χειμάρρους cheimárrous winter torrent, wadi 65
- λάκκος lákkos pit, cistern 63
- περισπόριον perispórion pasture land, suburb 63
- σπονδή spondḗ drink offering, libation 63
- γένημα génēma produce, fruit 62
- δρυμός drymós forest, thicket 59
- κάρπωμα kárpōma offering, oblation 57
- νόμιμος nómimos lawful, customary 57
- ἀρσενικός arsenikós male 57
- ἐνιαύσιος eniaúsios yearling, one year old 57
- εὖρος eûros breadth, width 56
- ἐπίσκεψις epískepsis numbering, census 56
- χίμαρος chímaros young goat, kid 55
- ἐπιτήδευμα epitḗdeuma practice, pursuit 53
- βαδίζω badízō walk, go 52
- κατακληρονομέω kataklēronoméō inherit, take possession 51
- γλυπτός glyptós carved image, idol 50
- ἄρσην ársēn male 50
- χοῦς choûs dust, soil 49
- κλίτος klítos side, flank 47
- κοιλάς koilás valley, hollow 46
- παράταξις parátaxis battle array 46
- παράνομος paránomos lawless, transgressor 45
- ὀχυρός ochyrós fortified, strong 45
- δόρυ dóry spear 44
- σταθμός stathmós weight, doorpost 43
- δυναστεία dynasteía power, dominion 42
- εὐθής euthḗs upright, straight 42
- πλημμέλεια plēmméleia trespass, offense 42
- ἄλσος álsos grove, sacred grove 42
- κορυφή koryphḗ top, summit 41
- κέδρος kédros cedar 41
- πολεμιστής polemistḗs warrior, fighter 41
- στήλη stḗlē pillar, monument 41
- ἀποῥίπτω aporhíptō throw away, cast off 40
- ἐκτρίβω ektríbō destroy, wipe out 40
- διασκεδάζω diaskedázō scatter, break, annul 39
- καταοἰκίζω kataoikízō settle, cause to dwell 39
- ἀφαίρεμα aphaírema offering, contribution 39
- ἁγίασμα hagíasma sanctuary, holy thing 39
- ἑπτακόσιοι heptakósioi seven hundred 39
- κρείσσων kreíssōn better, stronger 38
- νῶτον nō̂ton back 38
- θεμέλιον themélion foundation 37
- παλλακή pallakḗ concubine 37
- προνομή pronomḗ plunder, spoil 37
- ταμιεῖον tamieîon storeroom, inner chamber 37
- διαμετρέω diametréō measure out 36
- δρόσος drósos dew 35
- γίγας gígas giant 34
- ἀδελφιδός adelphidós beloved, nephew 34
- δεσμός desmós bond, chain 33
- κλώθω klṓthō spin (thread) 33
- κτῆσις ktē̂sis possession, property 33
- μοχλός mochlós bar, bolt 33
- προνομεύω pronomeúō plunder, take as spoil 33
- συνἅπτω hsynáptō join together, engage 33
- διανοέομαι dianoéomai intend, consider 32
- θνησιμαῖος thnēsimaîos carcass, dead body 32
- πυρός pyrós wheat 32
- ἀγχιστεύω anchisteúō act as kinsman-redeemer 32
- ἀναποιέω anapoiéō make again, restore 32
- ἐκἁμαρτάνω hekamartánō sin, do wrong 31
- πυλωρός pylōrós gatekeeper, porter 30
- ἀποοἰκίζω apooikízō deport, send into exile 30
- ἁλίσκω halískō be caught, captured 30
- ἐπιστήμη epistḗmē knowledge, skill 30
- ἐπάνωθεν epánōthen from above, over 30
- θυσιάζω thysiázō sacrifice 29
- κρεμάζω kremázō hang 29
- κάλλος kállos beauty 29
- ἐπωμίς epōmís shoulder-piece (of ephod) 29
- εἰκοσαετής eikosaetḗs twenty years old 28
- σιδηροῦς sidēroûs of iron 28
- ἀποδιδράσκω apodidráskō run away, flee 28
- ἔκγονος ékgonos descendant, offspring 28
- λέβης lébēs kettle, cauldron 27
Reading the Septuagint itself? Open any Old Testament chapter and switch the reading edition to LXX, or look up a word above. For the New Testament lexicon, browse Strong’s Greek and Hebrew entries.