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.
- ἀποἐρείδομαι apoereídomai lean upon, rest on 4
- ἀσυνθεσία asynthesía treachery, faithlessness 4
- ἀσέβημα asébēma impious act, sacrilege 4
- ἀτιμώρητος atimṓrētos unpunished 4
- ἀέναος aénaos ever-flowing, perpetual 4
- ἁγιαστήριον hagiastḗrion sanctuary, holy place 4
- ἄλγος álgos pain, grief 4
- ἄξων áxōn axle, axis 4
- ἄπληστος áplēstos insatiable, greedy 4
- ἐγγυάω engyáō pledge, give surety 4
- ἐκβαίνω ekbaínō go out, come forth 4
- ἐκδιδύσκω ekdidýskō strip off, undress 4
- ἐκδέρω ekdérō flay, skin 4
- ἐκκύπτω ekkýptō lean out, peer out 4
- ἐκλείχω ekleíchō lick up, lick clean 4
- ἐκοὐδενέω ekoudenéō set at naught, despise 4
- ἐκπηδάω ekpēdáō leap out, rush out 4
- ἐκποιέω ekpoiéō be sufficient, suffice 4
- ἐκτυπόω ektypóō form, mold, emboss 4
- ἐκφυσάω ekphysáō blow out, breathe out 4
- ἐκφόριον ekphórion produce, crop yield 4
- ἐκἐρεύγομαι ekereúgomai pour out, utter 4
- ἐκἰχνιάζω ekichniázō track out, search out 4
- ἐνδίδωμι endídōmi give in, yield 4
- ἐνδόξως endóxōs gloriously 4
- ἐνκισσάω enkissáō conceive, breed 4
- ἐνκολάπτω enkoláptō carve, engrave 4
- ἐνχειρέω encheiréō undertake, attempt 4
- ἐνἅλλομαι henállomai leap upon 4
- ἐνέχυρον enéchyron pledge, security 4
- ἐπαρυστρίς eparystrís oil-pouring vessel 4
- ἐπιγνώμων epignṓmōn arbiter, judge 4
- ἐπιθυμόω epithymóō make desirable 4
- ἐπιθύω epithýō sacrifice upon 4
- ἐπικροτέω epikrotéō clap, applaud 4
- ἐπικάλυμμα epikálymma covering, veil 4
- ἐπισείω episeíō shake at, brandish 4
- ἐπιστρατεύω epistrateúō march against 4
- ἐπιὄζω epiózō smell, give off odor 4
- ἐπονείδιστος eponeídistos shameful, disgraceful 4
- ἐπίβουλος epíboulos plotting, treacherous 4
- ἐπίμικτος epímiktos mixed, mingled 4
- ἐργαλεῖον ergaleîon tool, implement 4
- ἐρεοῦς ereoûs woolen 4
- ἐσώτερον esṓteron inner part, within 4
- ἑκάτερος hekáteros each of two 4
- ἑπτακαιδέκατος heptakaidékatos seventeenth 4
- ἑπταπλασίως heptaplasíōs sevenfold 4
- ἑστιατορία hestiatoría feast, banquet 4
- ἑωθινός heōthinós of the morning, early 4
- ἔαρ éar spring (season) 4
- ἔνδεσμος éndesmos bond, fastening 4
- ἔνδον éndon within, indoors 4
- ἡμίσευμα hēmíseuma half 4
- ἰσχυρῶς ischyrō̂s strongly, mightily 4
- ἴκτερος íkteros jaundice 4
- ἵημι híēmi send, let go 4
- ὀκτακισχίλιοι oktakischílioi eight thousand 4
- ὀμφαλός omphalós navel 4
- ὀνοκένταυρος onokéntauros satyr, wild creature 4
- ὀρτυγομήτρα ortygomḗtra quail 4
- ὁδοιπόρος hodoipóros traveler, wayfarer 4
- ὑδραγωγός hydragōgós water conduit 4
- ὑδροφόρος hydrophóros water-carrier 4
- ὑποαἱρέω hypoairéō take away secretly 4
- ὑποστήριγμα hypostḗrigma support, prop 4
- ᾠδός ōdós singer 4
- ῥηγνύναι rhēgnýnai break, tear 4
- ῥάδαμνος rhádamnos branch, shoot 4
- ῥύστης rhýstēs deliverer, rescuer 4
- αἱρετός hairetós chosen, desirable 3
- αἴτησις aítēsis request, petition 3
- αὔρα aúra breeze, air 3
- βηρύλλιον bērýllion beryl 3
- βρόμος brómos loud noise, roar 3
- βάμμα bámma dye, dyed cloth 3
- βῶλος bō̂los clod, lump of earth 3
- γλαύξ glaúx owl 3
- γλυκασμός glykasmós sweetness, sweet wine 3
- γλύμμα glýmma carving, engraving 3
- γραμματικός grammatikós scribe, scholar 3
- γύμνωσις gýmnōsis nakedness, exposure 3
- δεκάδαρχος dekádarchos commander of ten 3
- δεκάχορδος dekáchordos ten-stringed 3
- διαπνέω diapnéō blow through, breathe 3
- διασκορπισμός diaskorpismós scattering, dispersion 3
- διασάφησις diasáphēsis explanation, statement 3
- διατρέχω diatréchō run through, run about 3
- διάχυσις diáchysis diffusion, expanse 3
- διήγημα diḗgēma narrative, tale 3
- διόρυγμα diórygma breach, tunnel 3
- εἰςβλέπω eisblépō look into, gaze 3
- εὐρύς eurýs broad, wide 3
- εὔγνωστος eúgnōstos well-known 3
- εὔοδος eúodos prosperous, easy 3
- εὕρεμα heúrema find, discovery 3
- ζωγραφέω zōgraphéō paint, depict 3
- ζήλωσις zḗlōsis jealousy, zeal 3
- ζύμομαι zýmomai be leavened 3
- θαυμαστῶς thaumastō̂s wonderfully 3
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.