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.
- κύβος kýbos cube 2
- κύκνος kýknos swan 2
- κύω kýō conceive, be pregnant 2
- λατόμητος latómētos hewn out (of rock) 2
- λειτούργημα leitoúrgēma service, ministry 2
- λειχήν leichḗn lichen, rash, scab 2
- λεκάνη lekánē basin, bowl 2
- λευκαθίζω leukathízō be white, whiten 2
- λιθουργικός lithourgikós of stone-cutting 2
- λιμώσσω limṓssō be hungry, famish 2
- λοχεύω locheúō give birth, bring forth 2
- λάρος láros gull, seabird 2
- λέαινα léaina lioness 2
- λέπυρον lépyron husk, shell 2
- μαγαλύνω magalýnō magnify, make great 2
- μαγειρεῖον mageireîon kitchen, cook's room 2
- μαδβαρῖτις madbarîtis of the wilderness 2
- μαιμάσσω maimássō be eager, rage 2
- μαιόομαι maióomai act as midwife 2
- μακροχρονίζω makrochronízō live long, prolong days 2
- μανη manē mina (weight/coin) 2
- μαρσίππιον marsíppion small bag, pouch 2
- μεγαλοπτέρυγος megaloptérygos great-winged, large-winged 2
- μελισσών melissṓn beehive, apiary 2
- μεσοπόρφυρος mesopórphyros with purple stripe 2
- μεταβόλος metabólos trader, merchant 2
- μεταμελέομαι metameléomai repent, regret 2
- μεταστροφή metastrophḗ change, turning 2
- μετάμελος metámelos regret, repentance 2
- μικρότης mikrótēs smallness, littleness 2
- μικρύνω mikrýnō make small, diminish 2
- μονομαχέω monomachéō fight single combat 2
- μάκρυμμα mákrymma distance, removal 2
- μάλαγμα málagma poultice, soothing salve 2
- μίσγω mísgō mix, mingle 2
- μόνιμος mónimos lasting, steadfast 2
- μύρμηξ mýrmēx ant 2
- μῆνις mē̂nis wrath, anger 2
- ναυτικός nautikós of ships, nautical 2
- ναφθω naphthō naphtha, bitumen 2
- νιφετός niphetós snow, snowstorm 2
- νοσερός noserós sickly, diseased 2
- νωτοφόρος nōtophóros burden-bearing, pack animal 2
- ξυστός xystós polished, planed 2
- ξύω xýō scrape, smooth 2
- οἰκόπεδον oikópedon house site, ruined house 2
- οἴκησις oíkēsis dwelling, habitation 2
- οἶκτος oîktos pity, compassion 2
- οὐραγία ouragía rear guard, tail 2
- οὖρον oûron urine 2
- παγετός pagetós frost, ice 2
- παιγνία paignía play, sport, mockery 2
- πανθήρ panthḗr panther, leopard 2
- παραβιβάζω parabibázō lead aside, turn away 2
- παραλίαν paralían seacoast, shore 2
- παρανόμως paranómōs lawlessly, wickedly 2
- παραἑδρεύω hparaedreúō attend, wait upon 2
- παραῥέω pararhéō slip away, drift 2
- παραῥίπτω pararhíptō throw aside, cast down 2
- παρθενικός parthenikós maidenly, virginal 2
- παροικεσία paroikesía sojourning, dwelling abroad 2
- παστός pastós bridal chamber 2
- παταχρον patachron idol, false god 2
- παύσις paúsis ceasing, rest 2
- πειρατεύω peirateúō raid, plunder 2
- πελταστής peltastḗs shield-bearer, peltast 2
- πενθικός penthikós mournful, of mourning 2
- πενταετής pentaetḗs five years old 2
- περαίνω peraínō accomplish, finish 2
- περιβολή peribolḗ covering, garment 2
- περιζώνυμμι perizṓnymmi gird about 2
- περικείρω perikeírō shear around, crop 2
- περιουσιασμός periousiasmós abundance, possession 2
- περιπορεύομαι periporeúomai go around, travel about 2
- περιστέλλω peristéllō wrap up, clothe 2
- περισχίζω perischízō split around, tear off 2
- περιφράσσω periphrássō fence around, enclose 2
- περιφέρεια periphéreia circumference, rim 2
- περιχαρακόω pericharakóō surround with a rampart 2
- περιχαρής pericharḗs very glad, overjoyed 2
- περιχέω perichéō pour around 2
- περιὀχέω periochéō carry around 2
- περιῥαντίζω perirhantízō sprinkle around 2
- περίλοιπος períloipos remaining, left over 2
- περίπτωμα períptōma mishap, calamity 2
- πηδάω pēdáō leap, spring 2
- πικρίαι pikríai bitterness 2
- πικρίς pikrís bitter herb, endive 2
- πλειάς pleiás the Pleiades 2
- πλημμέλησις plēmmélēsis trespass, fault 2
- πλινθεῖον plintheîon brick mold, brickwork 2
- πνευματοφόρος pneumatophóros spirit-bearing, inspired 2
- πνεύμων pneúmōn lung 2
- ποθέω pothéō long for, desire 2
- ποικιλτικός poikiltikós of embroidery 2
- ποικίλλω poikíllō embroider, variegate 2
- ποιμενικός poimenikós of a shepherd 2
- πολιορκία poliorkía siege 2
- πολλοστός pollostós very great, manifold 2
- πολυοχλία polyochlía great crowd 2
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.