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.
- μεταλλεύω metalleúō mine, dig for ore 1
- μεταμέλεια metaméleia repentance, regret 1
- μεταοἰκέω metaoikéō migrate, resettle 1
- μετασκευάζω metaskeuázō remodel, transform 1
- μεταφέρω metaphérō transfer, move 1
- μεταὁδεύω hmetaodeúō travel across 1
- μετριάζω metriázō be moderate 1
- μηθέτερος mēthéteros neither (of two) 1
- μημ mēm mem (Hebrew letter) 1
- μηρυκάομαι mērykáomai chew the cud 1
- μηρύομαι mērýomai draw out, reel 1
- μηχανή mēchanḗ device, machine 1
- μισθέω misthéō hire, let out 1
- μισθόομαι misthóomai hire for oneself 1
- μνησίκακος mnēsíkakos vengeful, resentful 1
- μολόχη molóchē mallow (plant) 1
- μονιός moniós solitary, wild 1
- μονάζω monázō be alone 1
- μονότροπος monótropos solitary, single 1
- μοτόω motóō plug, dress (wound) 1
- μυαλόω myalóō fill with marrow 1
- μυγάλη mygálē shrew-mouse 1
- μυξωτήρ myxōtḗr nostril 1
- μυριοπλάσιος myrioplásios ten-thousandfold 1
- μυρμηκιάω myrmēkiáō have warts 1
- μυρμηκολέων myrmēkoléōn ant-lion 1
- μυρσινών myrsinṓn myrtle grove 1
- μυσερός myserós abominable, foul 1
- μωκάομαι mōkáomai mock, deride 1
- μωμητός mōmētós blameworthy 1
- μωρεύω mōreúō make foolish 1
- μάθημα máthēma lesson, learning 1
- μέντοιγε méntoige yet indeed 1
- μέσακλον mésaklon weaver's beam 1
- μέτοικος métoikos settler, alien 1
- μέτρησις métrēsis measurement 1
- μίανσις míansis defilement 1
- μίλτος míltos red ochre, vermilion 1
- μόλυνσις mólynsis defilement, staining 1
- μόνορχις mónorchis having one testicle 1
- μύλωνος mýlōnos mill-house 1
- μύσταξ mýstax upper lip, mustache 1
- ναχαλ nachal wadi, stream-bed 1
- ναίω naíō dwell, abide 1
- ναῦλον naûlon fare, freight charge 1
- νεόω neóō plow anew, renew 1
- νεῦμα neûma nod, beck 1
- νηστός nēstós fasting, unfed 1
- νοητῶς noētō̂s intelligently 1
- νομοθέσμως nomothésmōs lawfully 1
- νοσσοποιέω nossopoiéō build a nest 1
- νουθέτημα nouthétēma admonition, warning 1
- νουθέτησις nouthétēsis admonition 1
- νωθροκάρδιος nōthrokárdios dull-hearted 1
- νωκηδ nōkēd sheep-master, herdsman 1
- νάφθα náphtha naphtha 1
- νέωμα néōma fallow ground 1
- νήχω nḗchō swim 1
- νίτρον nítron natron, soda 1
- νύμφευσις nýmpheusis marriage, wedding 1
- νύσταγμα nýstagma drowsiness 1
- νᾶμα nâma spring water, stream 1
- ξανθός xanthós yellow, blond 1
- ξενισμός xenismós lodging, reception 1
- ξυλοφορία xylophoría wood-carrying 1
- ξυλοφόρος xylophóros wood-bearing 1
- ξυλάριον xylárion small stick 1
- ξύρησις xýrēsis shaving 1
- ουαυ ouau waw (Hebrew letter) 1
- οἰακίζω oiakízō steer, guide 1
- οἰκειότης oikeiótēs kinship, intimacy 1
- οἰκητός oikētós inhabited 1
- οἰκτρός oiktrós pitiable, wretched 1
- οἰκτίρημα oiktírēma compassion, mercy 1
- οἰκήτωρ oikḗtōr inhabitant, dweller 1
- οἰκίζω oikízō settle, found 1
- οἰνοποτέω oinopotéō drink wine 1
- οἰνοφλυγέω oinophlygéō be drunk with wine 1
- οἰνοχοέω oinochoéō serve wine, be cupbearer 1
- οἰωνίζω oiōnízō take omens, divine 1
- οἰωνός oiōnós omen-bird, augury 1
- οὐδενόω oudenóō bring to nothing 1
- οὐραγέω ouragéō bring up the rear 1
- οὔριος oúrios favorable (wind) 1
- παθεινός patheinós pitiable, sad 1
- παιδιά paidiá play, sport 1
- παλλακίς pallakís concubine 1
- παμβότανον pambótanon every herb 1
- πανδημεί pandēmeí with all the people 1
- πανηγυρίζω panēgyrízō hold a festival 1
- πανουργεύω panourgeúō act craftily 1
- πανταχῇ pantachē̂ everywhere 1
- παντοδαπός pantodapós of every kind 1
- παντοῖος pantoîos of all sorts 1
- παρααἱρέω hparaairéō take away 1
- παραβιόω parabióō use force, constrain 1
- παραδρομή paradromḗ passing by, course 1
- παραζώνη parazṓnē girdle, sword-belt 1
- παραθερμαίνω parathermaínō heat excessively 1
- παραθλίβω parathlíbō press, squeeze 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.