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.
- ἑταίρα hetaíra courtesan, harlot 2
- ἑφθός hephthós boiled, cooked 2
- ἔγκοιλος énkoilos hollow, sunken 2
- ἔκθεμα ékthema decree, public notice 2
- ἔκνηψις éknēpsis sobering up, awakening 2
- ἔμπυρος émpyros burnt, fiery 2
- ἔξαρσις éxarsis removal, lifting up 2
- ἔοικα éoika be like, resemble 2
- ἔποψ épops hoopoe (bird) 2
- ἕσπερος hésperos evening, of evening 2
- ἠχώ ēchṓ echo, sound 2
- ἡνίοχος hēníochos charioteer, driver 2
- ἤνυστρον ḗnystron abomasum, stomach (of animal) 2
- ἥρως hḗrōs hero, warrior 2
- ἰατρεία iatreía healing, cure 2
- ἰκτίν iktín kite (bird of prey) 2
- ἰλύς ilýs mud, mire 2
- ἰσχνόφωνος ischnóphōnos stammering, slow of speech 2
- ἰταμία itamía boldness, insolence 2
- ἰταμός itamós bold, reckless 2
- ἰχθυηρός ichthyērós of fish, fishy 2
- ἰχώρ ichṓr serum, watery discharge 2
- ἱκετεύω hiketeúō supplicate, beseech 2
- ἱκετής hiketḗs suppliant 2
- ἱππασία hippasía horsemanship, riding 2
- ἱππάζομαι hippázomai ride a horse 2
- ἱππόδρομος hippódromos racecourse, hippodrome 2
- ἴβις íbis ibis (bird) 2
- ὀλιγοψυχέω oligopsychéō be faint-hearted, despond 2
- ὀλιγοψυχία oligopsychía faintheartedness, despondency 2
- ὀλιγόβιος oligóbios short-lived 2
- ὀλολυγμός ololygmós wailing, shrieking 2
- ὀλύρα olýra spelt, emmer wheat 2
- ὀπήτιον opḗtion awl 2
- ὀρόφωμα oróphōma roof, ceiling 2
- ὁλοπόρφυρος holopórphyros all-purple 2
- ὁλόρριζος holórrizos uprooted, root and all 2
- ὁμαλίζω homalízō make level, smooth 2
- ὁμομήτριος homomḗtrios born of the same mother 2
- ὁμονοέω homonoéō be of one mind, agree 2
- ὁμόνοια homónoia concord, unity of mind 2
- ὁπλομάχος hoplomáchos armed fighter, gladiator 2
- ὁρατής horatḗs seer, beholder 2
- ὁσιόω hosióō make holy, deal piously 2
- ὄσπριον ósprion pulse, legumes 2
- ὅμορος hómoros neighboring, bordering 2
- ὑετίζω hyetízō send rain, rain 2
- ὑμνητός hymnētós praiseworthy, to be praised 2
- ὑπερηφανεύω hyperēphaneúō be arrogant, behave proudly 2
- ὑπερκεῖμαι hyperkeîmai lie over, surpass 2
- ὑπερμεγέθης hypermegéthēs enormous, very great 2
- ὑπερφέρω hyperphérō surpass, excel 2
- ὑπερἰσχύω hyperischýō prevail over, be stronger 2
- ὑπεράνωθεν hyperánōthen from far above, on top 2
- ὑποκαλύπτω hypokalýptō uncover, reveal beneath 2
- ὑποστηρίζω hypostērízō support, prop up 2
- ὑποστρωννύω hypostrōnnýō spread under, strew 2
- ὑπόμνημα hypómnēma memorial, record 2
- ὑπόστημα hypóstēma foundation, support 2
- ὑπόχρεως hypóchreōs in debt, liable 2
- ὕμνησις hýmnēsis hymn-singing, praise 2
- ὕπατος hýpatos highest, consul 2
- ὕω hýō rain, send rain 2
- ὠτότμητος ōtótmētos with cropped ears 2
- ὥριμος hṓrimos ripe, in season 2
- ῥαφιδευτός rhaphideutós embroidered 2
- ῥητός rhētós stated, specified 2
- ῥωποπώλης rhōpopṓlēs peddler, retailer 2
- ῥάχις rháchis spine, backbone 2
- ῥέγχω rhénchō snore, snort 2
- ῥίζωμα rhízōma root, rooted stock 2
- ῥῖγος rhîgos frost, cold 2
- ανασσα anassa queen, lady 1
- ασμα asma song 1
- αἰγίδιον aigídion little goat, kid 1
- αἰδέομαι aidéomai feel shame, respect 1
- αἰνιγματιστής ainigmatistḗs riddle-teller 1
- αἰπόλιον aipólion herd of goats 1
- αἰπόλος aipólos goatherd 1
- αἰσχρῶς aischrō̂s shamefully 1
- αἰτιάομαι aitiáomai accuse, blame 1
- αἱμορροέω haimorroéō have a flow of blood 1
- αὐθημερινός authēmerinós of the same day 1
- αὐθωρί authōrí at once, instantly 1
- αὐθάδεια authádeia stubbornness, arrogance 1
- αὐλαρχία aularchía command of the court 1
- αὐλάρχης aulárchēs chief of the court 1
- αὐταρκέω autarkéō be content, suffice 1
- αὐτόθι autóthi on the spot, there 1
- αὐχμός auchmós drought, dryness 1
- αὔγω aúgō shine, gleam 1
- βαθέως bathéōs deeply 1
- βαθύφωνον bathýphōnon deep-voiced 1
- βαθύχειλος bathýcheilos deep-lipped 1
- βαπτός baptós dyed, dipped 1
- βαρ bar son (Aramaic) 1
- βαρακιμ barakim briers, thorns 1
- βαρυκάρδιος barykárdios hard-hearted, dull 1
- βαρυωπέω baryōpéō be dim-sighted 1
- βαρύγλωσσος barýglōssos slow of speech 1
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.