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.
- μεταπίπτω metapíptō change, fall differently 4
- μετεωρισμός meteōrismós lifting up, pride 4
- μετοικία metoikía captivity, exile 4
- μετάφρενον metáphrenon back, upper back 4
- μισητός misētós hateful, hated 4
- μυρεψικός myrepsikós of perfumery, perfumer's 4
- μέλαθρον mélathron rafter, roof-beam 4
- μύλη mýlē millstone, mill 4
- νηπιότης nēpiótēs infancy, childhood 4
- νυκτικόραξ nyktikórax night-raven, owl 4
- οὐδαμοῦ oudamoû nowhere 4
- οὐρέω ouréō urinate 4
- παραδοξάζω paradoxázō glorify wondrously 4
- παραφυάς paraphyás shoot, offshoot 4
- παροίκησις paroíkēsis sojourning, dwelling 4
- παράθεσις paráthesis deposit, setting before 4
- πατράδελφος patrádelphos father's brother, uncle 4
- πεντηκοστός pentēkostós fiftieth 4
- περιοἰκοδομέω perioikodoméō build around, wall in 4
- περιπλέκω periplékō entwine, embrace 4
- περίβολος períbolos enclosure, surrounding wall 4
- πετροβόλος petrobólos stone-throwing, sling 4
- πλεονάκις pleonákis more often, several times 4
- πλημμηλέω plēmmēléō offend, do wrong 4
- πολυήμερος polyḗmeros long-lived, of many days 4
- πολέμιος polémios hostile, enemy 4
- πορφύρεος porphýreos purple 4
- πρίων príōn saw 4
- πτερόν pterón wing, feather 4
- πτέρνη ptérnē heel 4
- πυξίον pyxíon tablet, board 4
- πέτρινος pétrinos of stone, stony 4
- πήλινος pḗlinos of clay, earthen 4
- ςὑπομνηματογράφο hsypomnēmatográpho recorder, chronicler 4
- σειρομάστης seiromástēs spear, lance 4
- σιδήριον sidḗrion iron tool 4
- σκληρῶς sklērō̂s harshly, severely 4
- σκυτάλη skytálē staff, club 4
- σποδιά spodiá ashes, ash-heap 4
- σπονδεῖον spondeîon libation bowl 4
- σταῖς staîs dough 4
- στιππύον stippýon tow, flax fiber 4
- στροβέω strobéō whirl, twist 4
- συμβουλία symboulía counsel, advice 4
- συνθήκη synthḗkē covenant, agreement 4
- συνκλαίω synklaíō weep together 4
- συνπατέω synpatéō trample together 4
- συριστί syristí in Aramaic, in Syriac 4
- σχίδαξ schídax splinter, lath 4
- σύγκλεισμα sýnkleisma enclosure, setting 4
- σύμπτωμα sýmptōma mischance, calamity 4
- τελευταῖος teleutaîos last, final 4
- τετραίνω tetraínō bore through, pierce 4
- τριετίζω trietízō be three years old 4
- τρισσός trissós threefold, triple 4
- τρυπάω trypáō bore, pierce 4
- τρίβω tríbō rub, wear away 4
- τρίβων tríbōn worn cloak, threadbare 4
- τρίμηνος trímēnos three months old 4
- τρίχωμα tríchōma hair, mane 4
- τρώγλη trṓglē hole, burrow 4
- τυρόω tyróō curdle, make into cheese 4
- φερνή phernḗ dowry, bride-price 4
- φοβερίζω phoberízō frighten, terrify 4
- φρουραι phrourai garrisons, watches 4
- φρουρά phrourá garrison, guard 4
- φάρμακον phármakon drug, potion, poison 4
- φάτνωμα phátnōma paneled ceiling, coffer 4
- χαρμονή charmonḗ joy, gladness 4
- χειμερινός cheimerinós wintry, of winter 4
- χλίδων chlídōn bracelet, armlet 4
- χορεύω choreúō dance 4
- χρεμετισμός chremetismós neighing 4
- χυτροκαύλος chytrokaúlos pot, vessel 4
- χωνευτηρίον chōneutēríon furnace, smelting-pot 4
- ψαλίς psalís arch, vault 4
- ψυγμός psygmós drying, cooling 4
- ἀγαθόω agathóō do good to, benefit 4
- ἀγκών ankṓn elbow, bend 4
- ἀγορασμός agorasmós purchase, buying of food 4
- ἀκοντίζω akontízō hurl a javelin, shoot 4
- ἀκούσιος akoúsios involuntary, unintentional 4
- ἀκριβής akribḗs exact, accurate 4
- ἀκρόασις akróasis hearing, listening 4
- ἀλισγέω alisgéō pollute, defile 4
- ἀλοιφή aloiphḗ ointment, anointing 4
- ἀνακαίω anakaíō kindle, light up 4
- ἀνάλωσις análōsis consuming, destruction 4
- ἀνάστημα anástēma height, raised structure 4
- ἀορασία aorasía blindness 4
- ἀπελέκητος apelékētos unhewn, undressed (stone) 4
- ἀπηλιώτης apēliṓtēs east wind, east 4
- ἀποδεικνύω apodeiknýō show forth, prove 4
- ἀποεἶπον apoeîpon renounce, forbid 4
- ἀποικισμός apoikismós deportation, exile 4
- ἀπολέγω apolégō refuse, decline 4
- ἀποοἴχομαι apooíchomai depart, go away 4
- ἀποπηδάω apopēdáō leap away, start back 4
- ἀποστάζω apostázō drip down, distil 4
- ἀποἅπτω hapoáptō kindle, set on fire 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.