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.
- ἐκκαθαρίζω ekkatharízō cleanse out, purge 5
- ἐκοὐθενόω ekouthenóō despise, set at naught 5
- ἐκπιέζω ekpiézō press out, squeeze 5
- ἐκτίλλω ektíllō pluck out, tear out 5
- ἐκἅπτω hekáptō kindle, light 5
- ἐνδελεχῶς endelechō̂s continually 5
- ἐνκωμιάζω enkōmiázō praise, extol 5
- ἐνἧμαι henē̂mai sit in, dwell 5
- ἐξιχνιάζω exichniázō trace out, search out 5
- ἐξοδία exodía outgoing, departure 5
- ἐξόδιον exódion closing festival 5
- ἐξόπισθεν exópisthen from behind, after 5
- ἐρυθροδανόω erythrodanóō dye red 5
- ἐχῖνος echînos hedgehog 5
- ἔπαλξις épalxis battlement, parapet 5
- ἔπαρσις éparsis lifting up, pride 5
- ἥσσων hḗssōn less, weaker, inferior 5
- ὀδυνηρός odynērós painful, grievous 5
- ὀλίσθημα olísthēma slipping, fall 5
- ὀνυχιστήρ onychistḗr hoof 5
- ὀπωροφυλάκιον opōrophylákion watchman's hut 5
- ὀρθόω orthóō set upright, establish 5
- ὁδοποιέω hodopoiéō make a way, prepare 5
- ὁρμίσκος hormískos necklace, chain 5
- ὑποκαίω hypokaíō kindle under, burn 5
- ὑπολύω hypolýō loosen, untie 5
- αὐχήν auchḗn neck 4
- αὖλαξ aûlax furrow 4
- βελόστασις belóstasis siege engine, battering-ram 4
- βομβέω bombéō hum, buzz 4
- βορά borá food, prey 4
- βόλβιτον bólbiton cow dung 4
- βύρσα býrsa hide, leather 4
- γεῦμα geûma taste, flavor 4
- γηγενής gēgenḗs earthborn, giant 4
- γνώριμος gnṓrimos well-known, acquaintance 4
- γραφίς graphís stylus, pen 4
- γυναικών gynaikṓn women's quarters 4
- γωλα gōla exile, captivity 4
- δεινός deinós terrible, dreadful 4
- δευτερεύω deutereúō be second, rank next 4
- διαγλύφω diaglýphō carve, engrave 4
- διαθερμαίνω diathermaínō heat through, warm 4
- διαθρύπτω diathrýptō break in pieces 4
- διατείνω diateínō stretch out, strain 4
- διαφαύσκω diaphaúskō dawn, shine through 4
- δικτυωτός diktyōtós latticed, net-like 4
- δήλωσις dḗlōsis manifestation, declaration 4
- ερμα erma prop, support 4
- εφωδ ephōd ephod (priestly vestment) 4
- εἰσφορά eisphorá contribution, tax 4
- εὐπρεπής euprepḗs comely, beautiful 4
- ζηλοτυπία zēlotypía jealousy 4
- ζυγόν zygón yoke 4
- ζυμωτός zymōtós leavened 4
- ζωμός zōmós broth, soup 4
- ζωπυρέω zōpyréō kindle, rekindle 4
- θεραφιν theraphin teraphim (household idols) 4
- θιμωνιά thimōniá heap, pile 4
- θάλλω thállō flourish, sprout 4
- καλλωπίζω kallōpízō adorn, beautify 4
- καλώδιον kalṓdion small cord, rope 4
- κασσίτερος kassíteros tin 4
- καταβοάω kataboáō cry out against 4
- καταδύω katadýō sink, plunge down 4
- κατακαύω katakaúō burn up, consume 4
- καταλιμπάνω katalimpánō leave behind, forsake 4
- καταπτήσσω kataptḗssō cower, crouch in fear 4
- καταπάσσω katapássō sprinkle on, strew 4
- κατασιωπάω katasiōpáō be silent, hush 4
- κατατρίβω katatríbō wear out, consume 4
- κατατάσσω katatássō arrange, appoint 4
- κατατέμνω katatémnō cut up, cut in pieces 4
- καταἀπατάω kataapatáō deceive utterly 4
- καταῥάσσω katarhássō dash down, strike down 4
- κατεναντίον katenantíon opposite, over against 4
- κατάσκιος katáskios shady, overshadowed 4
- κατώδυνος katṓdynos deeply pained, grieved 4
- καψάκης kapsákēs jar, jug 4
- καΐἐμός kaí̈emós and my 4
- κιννάμωμον kinnámōmon cinnamon 4
- κληροδοσία klērodosía inheritance, allotment 4
- κληρωτί klērōtí by lot 4
- κολλυρίς kollyrís cake, small loaf 4
- κοίλωμα koílōma hollow, cavity 4
- κραταίωμα krataíōma stronghold, strength 4
- κρηπίς krēpís foundation, base 4
- κρόταφος krótaphos temple (of the head) 4
- κτηνοτρόφος ktēnotróphos cattle-herder 4
- κυμαίνω kymaínō surge, swell (waves) 4
- κάθαρσις kátharsis cleansing, purification 4
- κάρπωσις kárpōsis burnt offering 4
- κάρταλλος kártallos basket 4
- κύαθος kýathos cup, ladle 4
- λαβίς labís tongs, snuffers 4
- λαμπτήρ lamptḗr lamp, torch 4
- λεωπετρία leōpetría bare rock 4
- λάπτω láptō lap, lick up 4
- μαλακίζω malakízō be sick, be weakened 4
- μεγαλορρημονέω megalorrēmonéō speak arrogantly, boast 4
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.