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.
- ἀποτρίβω apotríbō rub off, wear away 2
- ἀποφαίνω apophaínō declare, show forth 2
- ἀποἅλλομαι hapoállomai leap off, spring away 2
- ἀποἐτάζω apoetázō examine, test 2
- ἀπάντημα apántēma encounter, mischance 2
- ἀπόπτωμα apóptōma fall, downfall 2
- ἀπόσπασμα apóspasma fragment, piece torn off 2
- ἀπόφθεγμα apóphthegma saying, utterance 2
- ἀρχιπατριώτης archipatriṓtēs chief of a clan, head of fathers 2
- ἀρχισωματοφύλαξ archisōmatophýlax chief bodyguard 2
- ἀρχιτεκτονία architektonía master craftsmanship 2
- ἀρχίφυλος archíphylos head of a tribe 2
- ἀτεκνία ateknía childlessness 2
- ἀτείχιστος ateíchistos unwalled, unfortified 2
- ἀτάρ atár but, yet 2
- ἀχρεόω achreóō make useless, corrupt 2
- ἁλιάετος haliáetos sea-eagle, osprey 2
- ἁρμονία harmonía joint, fastening 2
- ἄγαλμα ágalma image, statue 2
- ἄγροικος ágroikos rustic, of the field 2
- ἄκρα ákra citadel, stronghold 2
- ἄκυρος ákyros void, invalid 2
- ἄλειμμα áleimma ointment, salve 2
- ἄπιος ápios pear tree 2
- ἄρδην árdēn utterly, completely 2
- ἄφοβος áphobos fearless, without fear 2
- ἐγγύη engýē pledge, surety 2
- ἐγκοίλιος enkoílios inner, hollow within 2
- ἐγκρίς enkrís honey cake 2
- ἐγχείρημα encheírēma undertaking, attempt 2
- ἐθισμός ethismós custom, habit 2
- ἐκδανείζω ekdaneízō lend out (at interest) 2
- ἐκδικάζω ekdikázō avenge, judge 2
- ἐκεἰκονίζω ekeikonízō form, fashion 2
- ἐκισόω ekisóō make equal 2
- ἐκκαλέω ekkaléō call forth, summon out 2
- ἐκκράζω ekkrázō cry out, shout aloud 2
- ἐκλαμβάνω eklambánō take, receive, understand 2
- ἐκλατομέω eklatoméō hew out (of stone) 2
- ἐκλογίζομαι eklogízomai reckon, consider 2
- ἐκμετρέω ekmetréō measure out 2
- ἐκπολιορκέω ekpoliorkéō take by siege, storm 2
- ἐκρέω ekréō flow out, fall off 2
- ἐκχύσις ekchýsis outpouring, effusion 2
- ἐκἀντλέω ekantléō drain out, bail out 2
- ἐκἐλαύνω ekelaúnō drive out, expel 2
- ἐκἐργάζομαι ekergázomai work out, accomplish 2
- ἐκὁδεύω hekodeúō march out, travel out 2
- ἐκὑβρίζω hekybrízō treat insolently, outrage 2
- ἐλαττονόω elattonóō diminish, make less 2
- ἐλάττων eláttōn less, smaller, inferior 2
- ἐμπυρίζω empyrízō set on fire, burn 2
- ἐνεχύρασμα enechýrasma pledge, pawn 2
- ἐνθέμιον enthémion inset, inlay 2
- ἐνκοτέω enkotéō bear a grudge 2
- ἐνλείπω enleípō fail, fall short 2
- ἐννοσσεύω ennosseúō nest in, build a nest 2
- ἐνποδίζω enpodízō hinder, impede 2
- ἐνταφιαστής entaphiastḗs embalmer 2
- ἐντιμάω entimáō honor, value 2
- ἐντάσσω entássō draw up, set in order 2
- ἐντίθημι entíthēmi put in, set in 2
- ἐξαιρετός exairetós choice, special 2
- ἐξετασμός exetasmós examination, scrutiny 2
- ἐξηγορία exēgoría confession, declaration 2
- ἐξολέθρευσις exoléthreusis utter destruction 2
- ἐξάλειψις exáleipsis wiping out, obliteration 2
- ἐξίλασμα exílasma atonement, ransom 2
- ἐπαοιδή epaoidḗ incantation, spell 2
- ἐπιδεικνύω epideiknýō show, display 2
- ἐπιεὔχομαι epieúchomai pray over, invoke 2
- ἐπιθυμητή epithymētḗ desired, desirable 2
- ἐπικλίνω epiklínō incline, lean toward 2
- ἐπικλύζω epiklýzō flood over, overflow 2
- ἐπικοιμάω epikoimáō sleep upon, lie with 2
- ἐπικρεμάννυμι epikremánnymi hang over, threaten 2
- ἐπισκεπάζω episkepázō cover over, shelter 2
- ἐπισπεύδω epispeúdō hasten, urge on 2
- ἐπιτηδεύω epitēdeúō practice, pursue 2
- ἐπιχαρής epicharḗs gleeful, malicious 2
- ἐπιἅπτω hepiáptō fasten on, kindle 2
- ἐπιἔλκω epiélkō draw on, attract 2
- ἐπιᾄδω epiádō sing over, chant 2
- ἐπήκοος epḗkoos hearing, attentive 2
- ἐπίβασις epíbasis approach, means of access 2
- ἐπίδοξος epídoxos notable, expected 2
- ἐπίχειρον epícheiron wages, reward (for work) 2
- ἐργάζο ergázo work, labor 2
- ἐργάσιμος ergásimos working, fit for work 2
- ἐρημικός erēmikós of the desert, solitary 2
- ἐράω eráō love, desire 2
- ἐχθρεύω echthreúō be hostile, treat as enemy 2
- ἑλικτός heliktós twisted, coiled 2
- ἑξακοσιοστός hexakosiostós six hundredth 2
- ἑξηκονταετής hexēkontaetḗs sixty years old 2
- ἑξάμηνος hexámēnos of six months 2
- ἑπταπλασίων heptaplasíōn sevenfold 2
- ἑπταπλάσιος heptaplásios sevenfold 2
- ἑπτάκι heptáki seven times 2
- ἑπτάμηνος heptámēnos of seven months 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.