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.
- ἀμφίασις amphíasis clothing, garment 3
- ἀμύθητος amýthētos countless, untold 3
- ἀναδεικνύω anadeiknýō appoint, proclaim 3
- ἀναζευγνύω anazeugnýō break camp, depart 3
- ἀναζέω anazéō boil up, swarm 3
- ἀναλάμπω analámpō blaze up, shine forth 3
- ἀναφαλάντωμα anaphalántōma forehead baldness 3
- ἀναψυχή anapsychḗ refreshment, relief 3
- ἀναῥήγνυμι anarhḗgnymi tear open, break up 3
- ἀνεμοφθορία anemophthoría blight by wind 3
- ἀντιστηρίζω antistērízō support, prop up 3
- ἀντίγραφον antígraphon copy, transcript 3
- ἀντίον antíon loom-beam, weaving rod 3
- ἀπαίτησις apaítēsis demand for repayment 3
- ἀποδέω apodéō bind, fasten up 3
- ἀποκλαίω apoklaíō weep aloud, bewail 3
- ἀποκρυφή apokryphḗ hidden place, secret 3
- ἀποκωφόω apokōphóō make deaf, deafen 3
- ἀποξύω apoxýō scrape off 3
- ἀποσκοπεύω aposkopeúō watch from afar, spy 3
- ἀποσχίζω aposchízō split off, separate 3
- ἀποχέω apochéō pour out 3
- ἀποῥήσσω aporhḗssō break off, tear away 3
- ἀπόγονος apógonos descendant 3
- ἀπόστασις apóstasis departure, defection 3
- ἀργία argía idleness, inactivity 3
- ἀριθμητός arithmētós numbered, few 3
- ἀρκεύθινος arkeúthinos of juniper wood 3
- ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ archidesmophýlax chief jailer 3
- ἀρχιτεκτονέω architektonéō be a master builder 3
- ἀρέσω arésō please, satisfy 3
- ἀτραπός atrapós path, track 3
- ἀφορισμός aphorismós separation, setting apart 3
- ἀχάτης achátēs agate (gemstone) 3
- ἀωρία aōría untimeliness, bad season 3
- ἁλυσιδωτός halysidōtós of chain mail 3
- ἁπαλότης hapalótēs tenderness, softness 3
- ἁπαλύνω hapalýnō soften, make tender 3
- ἄγονος ágonos barren, childless 3
- ἄλγημα álgēma pain, suffering 3
- ἄλιμον álimon saltwort (plant) 3
- ἄλφιτον álphiton barley meal 3
- ἄνους ánous senseless, foolish 3
- ἄρουρα ároura plowed land, field 3
- ἄστεγος ástegos homeless, shelterless 3
- ἄσφαλτος ásphaltos asphalt, bitumen 3
- ἄχι áchi reed grass, marsh plant 3
- ἐγγύθεν engýthen from nearby, close 3
- ἐθέλω ethélō wish, be willing 3
- ἐκβιάζω ekbiázō force out, compel 3
- ἐκβλαστάνω ekblastánō sprout forth 3
- ἐκθερίζω ektherízō reap, mow down 3
- ἐκκαύω ekkaúō kindle, set ablaze 3
- ἐκμιαίνω ekmiaínō defile utterly 3
- ἐκπεταννύω ekpetannýō spread out, stretch out 3
- ἐκπίνω ekpínō drink up, drain 3
- ἐκτοκίζω ektokízō lend at interest 3
- ἐκτάσσω ektássō draw up in array 3
- ἐκφαίνω ekphaínō reveal, make appear 3
- ἐκφορά ekphorá carrying out, funeral 3
- ἐκφωνέω ekphōnéō cry out, proclaim 3
- ἐκἀκριβάζομαι ekakribázomai inquire exactly 3
- ἐκἐμέω ekeméō vomit out 3
- ἐκὄλλυμι ekóllymi destroy utterly 3
- ἐλατός elatós beaten, hammered 3
- ἐμφανῶς emphanō̂s openly, manifestly 3
- ἐνεχυρασμός enechyrasmós taking a pledge 3
- ἐνκαυχάομαι enkaucháomai boast, exult 3
- ἐνκεῖμαι enkeîmai press upon, lie in 3
- ἐννεακαιδέκατος enneakaidékatos nineteenth 3
- ἐννοέω ennoéō consider, ponder 3
- ἐντομίς entomís incision, cut 3
- ἐνχρονίζω enchronízō linger, delay 3
- ἐνχέω enchéō pour in 3
- ἐξαπίνης exapínēs suddenly 3
- ἐξηγητής exēgētḗs interpreter, expounder 3
- ἐξηλιάζω exēliázō expose to the sun 3
- ἐπαγωγή epagōgḗ bringing on, calamity 3
- ἐπιβόλαιον epibólaion covering, mantle 3
- ἐπιγονή epigonḗ offspring, increase 3
- ἐπισπουδάζω epispoudázō hasten, urge on 3
- ἐπιστοιβάζω epistoibázō pile up, heap on 3
- ἐπιφαύσκω epiphaúskō shine upon, dawn 3
- ἐπιφυλλίζω epiphyllízō glean the grapes 3
- ἐπιἀγείρω epiageírō gather together 3
- ἐπάνωθε epánōthe from above, over 3
- ἐπίληπτος epílēptos blameworthy, faulty 3
- ἐρωδιός erōdiós heron 3
- ἑκατοντάς hekatontás a hundred, hundred-group 3
- ἑκκαιδέκατος hekkaidékatos sixteenth 3
- ἑξάκις hexákis six times 3
- ἑπτακαίδεκα heptakaídeka seventeen 3
- ἔγκατα énkata entrails, inward parts 3
- ἔγκοπος énkopos wearisome, troublesome 3
- ἔγκτητος énktētos acquired, possessed 3
- ἔκλυσις éklysis weakness, faintness 3
- ἔμμονος émmonos lasting, persistent 3
- ἔξαλλος éxallos strange, extraordinary 3
- ἔρως érōs love, desire 3
- ἔτασις étasis examination, testing 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.