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.
- περιφορά periphorá carrying about, circuit 3
- περιχρυσόω perichrysóō overlay with gold 3
- περίθεμα períthema covering, ornament 3
- περίπτερος perípteros surrounded by columns 3
- πλημμέλημα plēmmélēma trespass, offense 3
- πολυπλασιάζω polyplasiázō multiply greatly 3
- πολυπληθέω polyplēthéō be very numerous 3
- πολυωρέω polyōréō care much for, regard 3
- πορνεῖον porneîon brothel 3
- ποίκιλμα poíkilma embroidery, ornament 3
- προμαχών promachṓn rampart, battlement 3
- προοίμιον prooímion prelude, preface 3
- προςγίγνομαι prosgígnomai be added, accrue 3
- προςδίδωμι prosdídōmi give besides 3
- προςλογίζομαι proslogízomai reckon in addition 3
- προςχωρέω proschōréō go over to, join 3
- προφασίζω prophasízō make excuses, pretend 3
- πρωτοτοκέω prōtotokéō bear a firstborn 3
- πρήθω prḗthō burn, blow up, swell 3
- πρόσοψις prósopsis appearance, aspect 3
- πτήσσω ptḗssō cower, crouch in fear 3
- πυκάζω pykázō cover thickly, shelter 3
- πυρράκης pyrrákēs ruddy, red-haired 3
- πυρίκαυστος pyríkaustos burned with fire 3
- πάπυρος pápyros papyrus, reed 3
- πάτριος pátrios ancestral, of one's fathers 3
- πέλεκυς pélekys axe 3
- πίσσα píssa pitch, tar 3
- πόα póa grass, herb 3
- ραγμα ragma fragment, broken piece 3
- σανίδος sanídos plank, board 3
- σατραπεία satrapeía satrapy, province 3
- σαφῶς saphō̂s clearly, plainly 3
- σθένος sthénos strength, might 3
- σιώπησις siṓpēsis silence, keeping still 3
- σκεπαστής skepastḗs protector, shelterer 3
- σκολιάζω skoliázō go crookedly, deviate 3
- σκέπτομαι sképtomai look at, consider 3
- σμῆγμα smē̂gma soap, cleansing paste 3
- σπανίζω spanízō be scarce, lack 3
- σποδοειδής spodoeidḗs ash-colored, grey 3
- στρεβλός streblós twisted, crooked 3
- στρωννύω strōnnýō spread, strew 3
- συκοφάντης sykophántēs false accuser, slanderer 3
- συναντή synantḗ meeting, encounter 3
- συνκυρόω synkyróō border on, adjoin 3
- συνμίγνυμι synmígnymi mingle together 3
- συνψάω synpsáō rub together, grind 3
- συνέλευσις synéleusis assembly, gathering 3
- συνέταιρος synétairos companion, comrade 3
- συριγμός syrigmós hissing, whistling 3
- συρισμός syrismós hissing, whistling 3
- σφενδονήτης sphendonḗtēs slinger 3
- σφηκία sphēkía wasps' nest, swarm 3
- σφηνόω sphēnóō wedge in, fasten 3
- σφοδρός sphodrós violent, intense 3
- σύλλημψις sýllēmpsis conception 3
- σύνοδος sýnodos assembly, company 3
- σύσκιος sýskios shady, thickly shaded 3
- σύστεμα sýstema structure, system 3
- τεράσσω terássō trouble, stir up 3
- τοκετός toketós childbirth, offspring 3
- τρισσεύω trisseúō do a third time 3
- τριώροφος triṓrophos three-storied 3
- τροχιός trochiós round, wheel-shaped 3
- τρυγητής trygētḗs grape-gatherer 3
- τρώγλν trṓgln hole, hollow 3
- τέμενος témenos sacred precinct 3
- τύχη týchē fortune, chance 3
- φαιός phaiós grey, dusky 3
- φαλακρός phalakrós bald 3
- φαυλισμός phaulismós contempt, scorn 3
- φαῦσις phaûsis light, shining 3
- φιλιάζω philiázō be friendly, befriend 3
- φονοκτονέω phonoktonéō murder, slay 3
- φρικτός phriktós horrible, dreadful 3
- φυγάδιον phygádion place of refuge 3
- φάσμα phásma apparition, phantom 3
- φύτευμα phýteuma plant, planting 3
- χαλκεῖον chalkeîon bronze vessel, cauldron 3
- χαρμόσυνος charmósynos joyful, cheerful 3
- χειρόομαι cheiróomai subdue, master 3
- χρίνω chrínō anoint, smear 3
- χωλαίνω chōlaínō be lame, limp 3
- χωροβατέω chōrobatéō survey land, measure ground 3
- χίδρον chídron groats, crushed grain 3
- χίμαιρα chímaira she-goat 3
- ψαρός psarós dappled, spotted 3
- ψόα psóa loin, muscle of loin 3
- ψόγος psógos blame, censure 3
- ψώρα psṓra itch, mange 3
- ἀγαυρίαμα agauríama boasting, exultation 3
- ἀδάμας adámas adamant, hard steel 3
- ἀεργός aergós idle, not working 3
- ἀθέτημα athétēma transgression, offense 3
- ἀκηδιάω akēdiáō be weary, despondent 3
- ἀκρόδρυα akródrya tree fruits, nuts 3
- ἀκάρδιος akárdios heartless, senseless 3
- ἀκόλαστος akólastos unruly, licentious 3
- ἀλγηρός algērós painful, grievous 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.