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.
- σκύμνος skýmnos young lion, cub 27
- ἀποικία apoikía exile, colony 27
- ἀποἡγέομαι hapoēgéomai lead away 27
- ἀρνός arnós lamb 27
- δαβιρ dabir inner sanctuary, oracle 26
- δίδραγμον dídragmon double-drachma, half-shekel 26
- κατασκέπτομαι katasképtomai spy out, examine 26
- χερουβιν cheroubin cherubim 26
- ἀποσκευή aposkeuḗ baggage, possessions 26
- ἐνπίμπρημι enpímprēmi set on fire, burn 26
- ἔνατος énatos ninth 26
- γαμβρός gambrós son-in-law, kinsman 25
- εἰκοστός eikostós twentieth 25
- καταιγίς kataigís storm, tempest 25
- καταὀρθόω kataorthóō set straight, prosper 25
- λεπτός leptós thin, small 25
- νεᾶνις neânis young woman, maiden 25
- σκεπάζω skepázō shelter, cover, protect 25
- συνἵστημι hsynístēmi establish, commend 25
- ἀλλοιόω alloióō change, alter 25
- ἀνομέω anoméō act lawlessly, sin 25
- ἀνάβασις anábasis ascent, going up 25
- ἅμαξα hámaxa wagon, cart 25
- ὑποκάτωθεν hypokátōthen from underneath, beneath 25
- δέρρις dérris leather curtain, hide 24
- κέδρινος kédrinos of cedar 24
- νοέω noéō perceive, understand 24
- οςτεσσαρεσκαιδέκατ ostessareskaidékat fourteenth 24
- σατράπης satrápēs satrap, governor 24
- σκῆπτρον skē̂ptron scepter, tribe 24
- χερουβείμ cheroubeím cherubim 24
- ἀμνάς amnás ewe-lamb 24
- ἀναβάτης anabátēs rider, horseman 24
- ἀνασώζω anasṓzō rescue, save 24
- ἀπαντή apantḗ meeting, encounter 24
- ἐνθύμημα enthýmēma thought, device 24
- ὄπισθε ópisthe behind, after 24
- ὑπερὁράω hyperoráō overlook, disregard 24
- πονηρεύομαι ponēreúomai act wickedly 23
- προςκεῖμαι proskeîmai be attached to, join 23
- προςχέω proschéō pour upon 23
- πρόθυρον próthyron doorway, vestibule 23
- ὄλλυμι óllymi destroy, perish 23
- ὑποδεικνύω hypodeiknýō show, point out 23
- ῥοά rhoá pomegranate 23
- διαπετάζω diapetázō spread out, unfold 22
- διαχέω diachéō pour out, scatter 22
- θυΐσκη thyí̈skē incense dish, censer 22
- κερατίνη keratínē trumpet, horn 22
- μαχητής machētḗs warrior, fighter 22
- πλημμελέω plēmmeléō offend, trespass 22
- σημασία sēmasía signal, sign 22
- σκυλεύω skyleúō plunder, despoil 22
- χωνευτός chōneutós cast, molten 22
- ἀλλήλω allḗlō one another 22
- ἀμητός amētós harvest, reaping 22
- ἀρχιμάγειρος archimágeiros chief cook, captain of guard 22
- ἐνπυρίζω enpyrízō set on fire, burn 22
- ἐνταῦθα entaûtha here, hither 22
- ἕλκω hélkō draw, drag 22
- δικάζω dikázō judge, give judgment 21
- θύρωμα thýrōma doorway, door 21
- ιν in hin (liquid measure) 21
- καταφυγή kataphygḗ refuge 21
- καταφυτεύω kataphyteúō plant 21
- λοβός lobós lobe (of liver) 21
- μακρύνω makrýnō remove far, prolong 21
- περικύκλῳ perikýklō all around, round about 21
- στίχος stíchos row, line 21
- συντριβή syntribḗ destruction, breaking 21
- σύγκρισις sýnkrisis interpretation, comparison 21
- ἀγαθύνω agathýnō do good, gladden 21
- ἄβατος ábatos untrodden, impassable 21
- ἐκθλίβω ekthlíbō press hard, oppress 21
- ἐλαχύς elachýs small, least 21
- ἐξέδρα exédra hall, chamber 21
- ἐπιὁράω hepioráō look upon, regard 21
- ἑκατόνταρχος hekatóntarchos centurion, captain of hundred 21
- ἕψω hépsō boil, cook 21
- ἡμίονος hēmíonos mule 21
- ὀρεινή oreinḗ hill country 21
- ὁλκή holkḗ weight 21
- θυμιάζω thymiázō burn incense 20
- κατασπάω kataspáō pull down, tear down 20
- μεχωνωθ mechōnōth stands, bases 20
- οἴχομαι oíchomai be gone, depart 20
- πολιορκέω poliorkéō besiege 20
- πυρεῖον pyreîon censer, fire-pan 20
- πάσσαλος pássalos peg, stake 20
- ἀποτρέχω apotréchō run away, depart 20
- ἀτεκνόω ateknóō make childless 20
- ἐντείνω enteínō stretch, bend (bow) 20
- ἔλαφος élaphos deer, stag 20
- ὁρισμός horismós decree, boundary 20
- αὐλαία aulaía curtain, hanging 19
- βόθρος bóthros pit, hole 19
- δύω dýō sink, set (sun) 19
- κατόπισθεν katópisthen behind, after 19
- κλοιός kloiós collar, yoke 19
- λογεῖον logeîon breastplate (of judgment) 19
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.