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.
- βαίνω baínō go, walk 1
- βδέλλα bdélla leech 1
- βεβαίως bebaíōs firmly, surely 1
- βεβήλωσις bebḗlōsis profanation, defilement 1
- βεελιμ beelim the Baals (idols) 1
- βιρα bira fortress, citadel 1
- βιότης biótēs life, livelihood 1
- βλαστάω blastáō sprout, bud 1
- βοτρύδιον botrýdion small cluster 1
- βουλευτικός bouleutikós of a counselor 1
- βούβαλος boúbalos antelope, wild ox 1
- βούκεντρον boúkentron ox-goad 1
- βοΐδιον boí̈dion young ox, calf 1
- βραγχιάω branchiáō be hoarse, gasp 1
- βραδύγλωσσος bradýglōssos slow of speech 1
- βάραθρον bárathron pit, chasm 1
- βύβλινος býblinos of papyrus 1
- βύβλιοι býblioi papyrus reeds 1
- βύω býō stuff, plug up 1
- βῆλος bē̂los threshold 1
- βῶλαξ bō̂lax clod of earth 1
- γαζοφύλαξ gazophýlax treasurer 1
- γαλεάγρα galeágra weasel-trap, cage 1
- γαλῆ galē̂ weasel 1
- γασβαρηνός gasbarēnós treasurer (Persian) 1
- γαυριόω gaurióō exult, boast 1
- γαυρίαμα gauríama pride, boasting 1
- γελοιασμός geloiasmós mockery, jesting 1
- γελοιαστής geloiastḗs mocker, jester 1
- γελοιάζω geloiázō jest, mock 1
- γεωμετρικόν geōmetrikón of geometry 1
- γεωμετρία geōmetría geometry, land-survey 1
- γιμαλ gimal gimel (Hebrew letter) 1
- γλυκερός glykerós sweet 1
- γλυκάζω glykázō be sweet, sweeten 1
- γλυκύτης glykýtēs sweetness 1
- γλωσσοχαριτόω glōssocharitóō flatter with the tongue 1
- γλωσσότμητος glōssótmētos with tongue cut out 1
- γνοφερός gnopherós dark, gloomy 1
- γνοφόω gnophóō darken 1
- γνωριστής gnōristḗs diviner, knower 1
- γομφιασμός gomphiasmós gnashing of teeth 1
- γομφιάζω gomphiázō set teeth on edge 1
- γραμματεία grammateía writing, learning 1
- γραφεῖον grapheîon stylus, pen 1
- γυμνόω gymnóō strip naked 1
- γυρόω gyróō make round, encircle 1
- γωιμ gōim nations, Gentiles 1
- γωνιαῖος gōniaîos corner, cornerstone 1
- γάζαν gázan treasure, treasury 1
- γέρας géras gift of honor, reward 1
- γέφυρα géphyra bridge, dam 1
- γίγαρτον gígarton grape-seed, grape 1
- γόγγυσις góngysis murmuring, grumbling 1
- γόνος gónos offspring, child 1
- γύναιον gýnaion little woman, woman 1
- δαψιλεύω dapsileúō give lavishly 1
- δειλιαίνω deiliaínō make afraid 1
- δεκαπλασίως dekaplasíōs tenfold 1
- δεκάπηχυς dekápēchys ten cubits long 1
- δεξαμενή dexamenḗ cistern, reservoir 1
- δηλαϊστός dēlaïstós manifest, clear 1
- δημεύω dēmeúō confiscate 1
- διααἰτάω diaaitáō arbitrate, decide 1
- διαβιάζομαι diabiázomai force one's way 1
- διαβιόω diabióō live through, survive 1
- διαβουλεύω diabouleúō deliberate, plot 1
- διαβάθρα diabáthra footbridge, gangway 1
- διαγραφή diagraphḗ description, register 1
- διαδύνω diadýnō slip through, escape 1
- διακλάω diakláō break in pieces 1
- διακάμπτω diakámptō bend, turn aside 1
- διαλανθάνω dialanthánō escape notice 1
- διαλογή dialogḗ sorting, selection 1
- διαμαρτυρία diamartyría solemn testimony 1
- διαμελίζω diamelízō dismember, cut up 1
- διανόησις dianóēsis thought, understanding 1
- διαοἰκοδομέω diaoikodoméō build through, wall up 1
- διαοἰκέω diaoikéō manage, administer 1
- διαπειλέω diapeiléō threaten severely 1
- διαπλατύνω diaplatýnō widen, enlarge 1
- διαπληκτίζομαι diaplēktízomai fight, quarrel 1
- διαπρίζω diaprízō saw through 1
- διαπέμπω diapémpō send around, dispatch 1
- διασαλεύω diasaleúō shake violently 1
- διασκευάζω diaskeuázō set in order, equip 1
- διασκευή diaskeuḗ arrangement, equipment 1
- διασπασμός diaspasmós tearing apart 1
- διαστροφή diastrophḗ distortion, perversity 1
- διαστρώννυμι diastrṓnnymi spread out 1
- διασυρίζω diasyrízō whistle, hiss 1
- διασφαγή diasphagḗ cleft, gap 1
- διασχίζω diaschízō split apart, tear 1
- διατήκω diatḗkō melt away 1
- διατίλλω diatíllō pluck out, tear 1
- διατόνιον diatónion tie-beam, brace 1
- διαφλέγω diaphlégō burn up, scorch 1
- διαφορέω diaphoréō carry off, plunder 1
- διαφωτίζω diaphōtízō shine through, illumine 1
- διαφόρημα diaphórēma spoil, plunder 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.