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.
- κατασμικρύνω katasmikrýnō make very small 1
- κατασπουδάζω kataspoudázō press eagerly, hasten 1
- καταστασιάζω katastasiázō rise in revolt against 1
- καταστηρίζω katastērízō fix firmly, establish 1
- καταστραγγίζω katastrangízō drain out, squeeze out 1
- καταστρατοπεδεύω katastratopedeúō encamp against 1
- καταστρωννύω katastrōnnýō lay low, strike down 1
- κατατρώγω katatrṓgō devour, eat up 1
- κατατυγχάνω katatynchánō succeed, attain 1
- κατατέρπω katatérpō delight greatly 1
- κατατήκω katatḗkō melt away, waste 1
- καταφαίνω kataphaínō show clearly, appear 1
- καταφερής katapherḗs downward-tending, steep 1
- καταφλογίζω kataphlogízō burn up, consume 1
- καταφύτευσις kataphýteusis planting 1
- καταχαλκόω katachalkóō overlay with bronze 1
- καταχαλάω katachaláō let down, lower 1
- καταχαίρω katachaírō rejoice over, gloat 1
- καταχρίω katachríō smear over, anoint 1
- καταχρύσεα katachrýsea gilded, gold-overlaid 1
- καταχώννυμι katachṓnnymi bury, cover over 1
- καταἀδολεσχέω kataadoleschéō muse, babble against 1
- καταἀκοντίζω kataakontízō strike down with darts 1
- καταἀλείφω kataaleíphō smear over, anoint 1
- καταἀργυρόω kataargyróō overlay with silver 1
- καταἐπείγω kataepeígō press hard, urge 1
- καταἐργέω kataergéō shut in, confine 1
- καταἔρρω kataérrō perish, go to ruin 1
- καταὀρχέομαι kataorchéomai dance in triumph over 1
- καταὀχεύω kataocheúō mount, breed (cattle) 1
- καταὑμνέω hkataumnéō celebrate in song 1
- καταὑπνόω hkataupnóō fall fast asleep 1
- καταῥίπτω katarhíptō throw down, hurl down 1
- κατβαίνω katbaínō go down, descend 1
- κατεναντίος katenantíos opposite, facing 1
- κατεντευκτής katenteuktḗs accuser, petitioner 1
- κατεργασία katergasía working, accomplishment 1
- κατοικεσία katoikesía dwelling, settlement 1
- κατάβρωσις katábrōsis devouring, consumption 1
- κατάγαιος katágaios underground, subterranean 1
- κατάγελως katágelōs object of mockery 1
- κατάκλιτον katákliton couch, dining couch 1
- κατάλειψις katáleipsis leaving, remnant 1
- κατάληψις katálēpsis seizure, capture 1
- κατάντημα katántēma encounter, occurrence 1
- κατάξηρος katáxēros very dry, parched 1
- κατάπικρος katápikros very bitter 1
- κατάπληξις katáplēxis consternation, dismay 1
- κατάπτωμα katáptōma downfall, ruin 1
- κατάφοβοι katáphoboi terrified, fearful 1
- κατάχυσις katáchysis outpouring, flood 1
- κατόπισθε katópisthe behind, after 1
- κατόχιμος katóchimos held in possession 1
- καίριος kaírios timely, fatal (of a blow) 1
- καΐἄν kaí̈án even if, and if 1
- κεκρυμμένως kekrymménōs secretly 1
- κενολογέω kenologéō speak emptily, prate 1
- κεπφόομαι kepphóomai be enticed, lured 1
- κεραυνός keraunós thunderbolt, lightning 1
- κεραυνόω keraunóō strike with lightning 1
- κεράστης kerástēs horned serpent 1
- κηλιδόομαι kēlidóomai be stained, defiled 1
- κηλιδόω kēlidóō stain, defile 1
- κηραος kēraos waxen, of wax 1
- κιρνάω kirnáō mix, mingle 1
- κισσάω kissáō crave, long for 1
- κληδονισμός klēdonismós divination, omen-reading 1
- κληδών klēdṓn omen, sign 1
- κλοποφορέω klopophoréō steal away, deceive 1
- κλωστός klōstós spun, twisted 1
- κλῶσμα klō̂sma spun thread 1
- κνημίς knēmís greave (leg armor) 1
- κνήφη knḗphē itch, irritation 1
- κνίδη knídē nettle 1
- κνίζω knízō scratch, sting 1
- κοθωνος kothōnos drinking vessel 1
- κοιλόσταθμος koilóstathmos paneled, coffered 1
- κοιτασία koitasía lying, intercourse 1
- κολαβρίζομαι kolabrízomai be mocked, insulted 1
- κολακεύω kolakeúō flatter 1
- κολοβόκερκος kolobókerkos stump-tailed 1
- κονδυλισμός kondylismós blow, beating 1
- κονιορτόν koniortón dust cloud 1
- κονύζα konýza fleabane (plant) 1
- κοπιάζω kopiázō labor, toil 1
- κοπόω kopóō weary, exhaust 1
- κορέω koréō sweep clean 1
- κορύνη korýnē club, mace 1
- κορώνη korṓnē crow 1
- κοσυμβωτός kosymbōtós fringed, tasseled 1
- κουρεύς koureús barber 1
- κουρέω kouréō shear, cut hair 1
- κοίλασμα koílasma hollow, cavity 1
- κούφως koúphōs lightly, easily 1
- κραταιότης krataiótēs strength, might 1
- κρεανομέω kreanoméō distribute meat 1
- κροκόδειλος krokódeilos crocodile, lizard 1
- κράννυμι kránnymi mix, blend 1
- κρόμμυον krómmyon onion 1
- κρᾶμα krâma mixture, blend 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.