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.
- θελητής thelētḗs one who delights 3
- θερινός therinós of summer 3
- θήρευμα thḗreuma prey, catch 3
- θίς thís heap, shore 3
- θῖβις thîbis basket, ark 3
- καλυπτήρ kalyptḗr covering tile, lid 3
- καλάμινος kaláminos of reed 3
- καρπόω karpóō bear fruit, offer 3
- κασία kasía cassia 3
- καταβιβρώσκω katabibrṓskō devour, eat up 3
- καταβόσκω katabóskō feed on, graze 3
- καταγίγνομαι katagígnomai settle, dwell 3
- κατακυλίω katakylíō roll down 3
- καταπλήσσω kataplḗssō strike down, astound 3
- καταπραΰνω katapraý̈nō soothe, calm down 3
- καταπήγνυμι katapḗgnymi fix firmly, plant 3
- κατασκηνάω kataskēnáō encamp, dwell 3
- κατασπείρω kataspeírō sow over, scatter 3
- κατατείνω katateínō stretch out, strain 3
- καταφθορά kataphthorá destruction, ruin 3
- καταφρονητής kataphronētḗs despiser, scorner 3
- καταἀλέω kataaléō grind down 3
- καταἁγιάζω hkataagiázō consecrate, sanctify 3
- καταὁδηγέω hkataodēgéō guide, lead 3
- καυλός kaulós stem, stalk 3
- καΐἐκεῖνος kaí̈ekeînos and that one 3
- κημός kēmós muzzle 3
- κιχράω kichráō lend 3
- κληδονίζω klēdonízō practice divination 3
- κληματίς klēmatís twig, vine shoot 3
- κλίμαξ klímax ladder, staircase 3
- κολλύριον kollýrion cake, lozenge 3
- κολάπτω koláptō carve, peck 3
- κοπανίζω kopanízō pound, crush 3
- κραιπαλάω kraipaláō be drunken, reel 3
- κρεμαστός kremastós hanging, suspended 3
- κροσσωτός krossōtós fringed, tasseled 3
- κροσός krosós fringe, tassel 3
- κρυφαῖος kryphaîos hidden, secret 3
- κυμάτιον kymátion small wave, molding 3
- κυνηγός kynēgós hunter 3
- κυριεία kyrieía dominion, lordship 3
- κάλαθος kálathos basket 3
- κόριον kórion coriander 3
- κύτος kýtos hollow, cavity 3
- λαμπήνη lampḗnē covered wagon, litter 3
- λεαίνω leaínō smooth, grind 3
- λεπράω lepráō be leprous 3
- λεπρόω lepróō make leprous 3
- λεπίζω lepízō peel, strip bark 3
- λιγύριον ligýrion jacinth (gem) 3
- λοφιά lophiá mane, crest 3
- λάβρος lábros violent, furious 3
- λάλημα lálēma babble, talk 3
- λῃστήριον lēstḗrion band of robbers 3
- μαδάω madáō be bald, lose hair 3
- μακαριστός makaristós blessed, happy 3
- μανιάκης maniákēs necklace, collar 3
- μαντεῖον manteîon oracle 3
- μελάνθιον melánthion black cumin 3
- μεσημβρινός mesēmbrinós of midday, southern 3
- μεταβολή metabolḗ change, exchange 3
- μεταναστεύω metanasteúō migrate, wander 3
- μεταἔρχομαι metaérchomai go after, pursue 3
- μηνίσκος mēnískos crescent ornament 3
- μηνίω mēníō be wroth, bear grudge 3
- μνηστεύομαι mnēsteúomai betroth, woo 3
- μυρσίνη myrsínē myrtle 3
- μάγειρος mágeiros cook, butcher 3
- μέμψις mémpsis blame, censure 3
- νεβελ nebel wineskin, jar 3
- νευρά neurá sinew, bowstring 3
- νυκτερίς nykterís bat 3
- νυμφαγωγός nymphagōgós bridal escort 3
- νυσταγμός nystagmós drowsiness, slumber 3
- ξανθίζω xanthízō make yellow 3
- ξυλόω xylóō make of wood, build 3
- ξένιον xénion gift, present 3
- οἰκέτις oikétis female servant, maidservant 3
- οἰωνισμός oiōnismós augury, divination 3
- οἰώνισμα oiṓnisma omen, augury 3
- οὐ-ἐλεέω oueleéō not pitied 3
- παλαίω palaíō wrestle 3
- παλαίωμα palaíōma wrestling, struggle 3
- πανοικία panoikía whole household 3
- παραβλέπω parablépō overlook, disregard 3
- παραδεικνύω paradeiknýō show, display 3
- παραοἰστράω paraoistráō drive mad, madden 3
- παραἀλλάσσω paraallássō alter, change 3
- παράθεμα paráthema offering, dedicated gift 3
- παρόργισμα parórgisma provocation to anger 3
- πειρατής peiratḗs pirate, raider 3
- πελεκάν pelekán pelican 3
- περασμός perasmós limit, end 3
- περιδέξιον peridéxion bracelet, armlet 3
- περιεἰμί perieimí be superior, survive 3
- περιζωννύω perizōnnýō gird about 3
- περικαθαρίζω perikatharízō purge, cleanse around 3
- περισσόν perissón abundance, excess 3
- περιστρέφω peristréphō turn around, whirl 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.