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.
- κτηνώδης ktēnṓdēs beastly, brutish 1
- κυβερνάω kybernáō steer, govern 1
- κυδοιμέω kydoiméō make uproar, throw into confusion 1
- κυθρόπους kythrópous pot with feet 1
- κυκλεύω kykleúō surround, encircle 1
- κυλίζω kylízō roll 1
- κυλίκιον kylíkion cupboard, sideboard 1
- κυμβαλίζω kymbalízō play cymbals 1
- κυνηγέω kynēgéō hunt 1
- κυνικός kynikós dog-like, Cynic 1
- κυοφορέω kyophoréō be pregnant, conceive 1
- κυπρισμός kyprismós henna-blossoming 1
- κυψέλη kypsélē chest, box 1
- κωθωνίζω kōthōnízō drink heavily 1
- κωλέα kōléa thigh, ham 1
- κωμάρχης kōmárchēs village chief 1
- κωφ kōph qoph (Hebrew letter) 1
- κάβος kábos kab (dry measure) 1
- κάδος kádos jar, pail 1
- κάθιδρος káthidros sweaty, dripping 1
- κάλλυνθρον kállynthron broom, brush 1
- κάνθαρος kántharos beetle; jar 1
- κάπηλος kápēlos huckster, tavern-keeper 1
- κάππαρις kápparis caper (plant) 1
- κάπτω káptō gulp down 1
- κάτοπτρον kátoptron mirror 1
- κάτοχος kátochos possessed, restrained 1
- κέγχρος kénchros millet 1
- κέλευσμα kéleusma command, signal 1
- κέρκωψ kérkōps monkey; cheat 1
- κίτιος kítios of Kition (Cyprus) 1
- κόλλη kóllē glue 1
- κόλπωμα kólpōma fold, hollow 1
- κόπωσις kópōsis weariness, hardship 1
- κόσμιον kósmion ornament 1
- κόχλαξ kóchlax pebble 1
- κύησις kýēsis pregnancy 1
- κύθρα kýthra pot 1
- κύφω kýphō bend, stoop 1
- κώδιον kṓdion fleece, sheepskin 1
- κώθων kṓthōn drinking vessel 1
- κώλυμα kṓlyma hindrance, obstacle 1
- κώπη kṓpē oar handle 1
- κῦδος kŷdos glory, renown 1
- λαβή labḗ handle, hilt 1
- λαθραίως lathraíōs secretly 1
- λαλητός lalētós spoken, utterable 1
- λαμπηνικός lampēnikós of a covered wagon 1
- λαξευτήριον laxeutḗrion stone-cutting tool 1
- λαχανεία lachaneía vegetable garden 1
- λαόσ-ἐγώ laósegṓ my people 1
- λειτουργήσιμος leitourgḗsimos for ministry, service 1
- λειτουρεσέω leitoureséō minister, serve 1
- λευκανίζω leukanízō be white, whiten 1
- λιθουργέω lithourgéō carve stone 1
- λικμήτωρ likmḗtōr winnower 1
- λικμίζω likmízō winnow, scatter 1
- λικμός likmós winnowing fan 1
- λιμαγχονέω limanchonéō starve, famish 1
- λιμοκτονέω limoktonéō kill by starvation 1
- λινοκαλάμη linokalámē flax stalk 1
- λιτανεύω litaneúō supplicate, entreat 1
- λογιστής logistḗs accountant, reckoner 1
- λοιδόρησις loidórēsis reviling, abuse 1
- λοιμεύομαι loimeúomai act wickedly 1
- λυτρών lytrṓn place of redemption 1
- λάθριος láthrios secret, hidden 1
- λάτρις látris hired servant 1
- λάφυρον láphyron spoil, plunder 1
- λέπισμα lépisma peeling, husk 1
- λέσχη léschē meeting place, chamber 1
- λίπασμα lípasma fattening, manure 1
- λίσσομαι líssomai beseech, pray 1
- μαγειρεύω mageireúō cook, butcher 1
- μαγείρισσα mageírissa female cook 1
- μαγίς magís kneading trough 1
- μαδαρόω madaróō make bald 1
- μαδιανιτῶν madianitō̂n of the Midianites 1
- μακροήμερος makroḗmeros long-lived 1
- μακρόβιος makróbios long-lived 1
- μακρότερον makróteron longer, farther 1
- μαλακύνω malakýnō soften, weaken 1
- μαλακῶς malakō̂s softly, delicately 1
- μαρμάρινος marmárinos of marble 1
- μαρυκάομαι marykáomai chew the cud 1
- μασάω masáō chew, eat 1
- μεγαλα megala great things 1
- μεγαλορημονέω megalorēmonéō speak boastfully 1
- μεγαλορρημοσύνη megalorrēmosýnē boastfulness 1
- μεγαλορρήμων megalorrḗmōn boastful, arrogant 1
- μεγαλοσύνη megalosýnē majesty, greatness 1
- μεγαλυλύνω megalylýnō magnify, exalt 1
- μεγαλόσαρκος megalósarkos large-bodied, lustful 1
- μεγαλόφρων megalóphrōn high-minded, proud 1
- μεγαλώνυμος megalṓnymos of great name 1
- μεγάλωμα megálōma greatness, grandeur 1
- μελαθρόω melathróō roof, build with beams 1
- μελανόομαι melanóomai be blackened 1
- μελετέω meletéō practice, meditate on 1
- μεριτεύω meriteúō share, divide 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.