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.
- πολυχρόνιος polychrónios long-lasting, aged 2
- πορνικός pornikós of a harlot 2
- πορφυρίων porphyríōn purple coot (bird) 2
- ποτιστήριον potistḗrion watering trough 2
- πραΰθυμος praý̈thymos gentle-minded, meek 2
- πραΰνω praý̈nō soothe, calm 2
- πρεσβεῖον presbeîon privilege of age, gift 2
- προεἰμί proeimí be before, exist first 2
- προθυμόω prothymóō make eager, encourage 2
- προπίπτω propíptō fall forward, prostrate 2
- προςεἰμί proseimí be present, belong to 2
- προςεἶπον proseîpon address, speak to 2
- προςθέω prosthéō run toward 2
- προςῥαίνω prosrhaínō sprinkle upon 2
- προσδεκτός prosdektós acceptable 2
- προσέτι proséti moreover, besides 2
- προφασιστικός prophasistikós making excuses 2
- προφύλαξ prophýlax advance guard, sentinel 2
- προάστειον proásteion suburb, pasture land 2
- πρωρεύς prōreús look-out man, bow officer 2
- πρωτογενής prōtogenḗs firstborn 2
- πρόπυλον própylon gateway, vestibule 2
- πρόσθεμα prósthema addition, appendage 2
- πρόσκαυμα próskauma burnt mass, scorching 2
- πρόσχωμα próschōma mound, embankment 2
- πτερνισμός pternismós deceit, supplanting 2
- πτερύσσομαι pterýssomai flap the wings 2
- πτυχή ptychḗ fold, layer 2
- πτύελος ptýelos spittle, saliva 2
- πυρσεύω pyrseúō signal with fire 2
- πάλλομαι pállomai quiver, throb 2
- πάρινος párinos of marble 2
- πάτημα pátēma tread, trampling 2
- πέλυξ pélyx axe 2
- πέπτω péptō ripen, cook 2
- πέταμαι pétamai fly 2
- πίτυς pítys pine tree 2
- σεραφιν seraphin seraphim 2
- σιτοδεία sitodeía scarcity of grain, famine 2
- σιτοδοσία sitodosía distribution of grain 2
- σιτομετρέω sitometréō measure out grain 2
- σκληροκάρδιος sklērokárdios hard-hearted 2
- σμίλαξ smílax bindweed, yew 2
- σοφῶς sophō̂s wisely 2
- σπερματίζω spermatízō yield seed, sow 2
- σπινθήρ spinthḗr spark 2
- σπάδων spádōn eunuch 2
- στοιβή stoibḗ spiny shrub, thorns 2
- στολισμός stolismós robing, attire 2
- στραγγαλιά strangaliá knot, intrigue 2
- στρογγύλος strongýlos round 2
- στροφεύς stropheús hinge, pivot 2
- στυγνός stygnós gloomy, sullen 2
- στίλβωσις stílbōsis gleaming, polish 2
- στίππινος stíppinos of tow, of flax 2
- συγγραφή syngraphḗ written contract, deed 2
- συγκάλυμμα synkálymma covering, veil 2
- συκών sykṓn fig orchard 2
- συνβαστάζω synbastázō help carry, bear with 2
- συνγίγνομαι syngígnomai have dealings with 2
- συνδειπνέω syndeipnéō dine together 2
- συνεταιρίς synetairís female companion 2
- συνετῶς synetō̂s wisely, prudently 2
- συνζεύγνυμι synzeúgnymi yoke together, join 2
- συνκλάζω synklázō break together 2
- συνκλύζω synklýzō flood over, overwhelm 2
- συννυμφός synnymphós fellow bride, sister-in-law 2
- συνοἰκίζω synoikízō settle together, populate 2
- συνοἶδα synoîda share knowledge, be aware 2
- συνπολεμέω synpoleméō fight alongside 2
- συνσκιάζω synskiázō overshadow 2
- συνστέλλω synstéllō draw together, shorten 2
- συνσφίγγω synsphíngō bind tightly together 2
- συντρέφω syntréphō rear together, nourish 2
- συντίθημι syntíthēmi put together, agree 2
- συνὑφαίνω hsynyphaínō weave together 2
- συνάψις synápsis joining, junction 2
- συνᾄδω synádō sing together, agree 2
- συνῥάπτω synrháptō sew together 2
- συσκοτάζω syskotázō grow dark 2
- σφακελίζω sphakelízō be gangrenous, mortify 2
- σφενδονάω sphendonáō sling, hurl 2
- σφίγγω sphíngō bind tight, squeeze 2
- σχεδία schedía raft, float 2
- σύγκλειστον sýnkleiston pure, refined (gold) 2
- σύλληψις sýllēpsis conception, seizure 2
- σύμμιξις sýmmixis mingling, intercourse 2
- σύστημα sýstēma body, assembly 2
- τειχιστής teichistḗs wall-builder 2
- τελαμών telamṓn strap, baldric 2
- τελετή teletḗ rite, initiation 2
- τερατοσκόπος teratoskópos soothsayer, augur 2
- τερεμίνθος teremínthos terebinth tree 2
- τερπνός terpnós delightful, pleasant 2
- τερπνότης terpnótēs delightfulness 2
- τετραπέδος tetrapédos four-sided, square 2
- τετράστιχος tetrástichos in four rows 2
- τιάρα tiára turban, headdress 2
- τομή tomḗ cutting, stump 2
- τραγελάφος trageláphos wild goat, antelope 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.