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.
- παρακελεύω parakeleúō exhort, encourage 1
- παρακλητικός paraklētikós comforting, encouraging 1
- παρακλήτωρ paraklḗtōr comforter 1
- παρακλίνω paraklínō turn aside, bend 1
- παρακρούω parakroúō deceive, mislead 1
- παραλαλέω paralaléō talk amiss 1
- παραξιφίς paraxiphís dagger 1
- παραπληξία paraplēxía madness, derangement 1
- παραπέτασμα parapétasma curtain, veil 1
- παραφρόνησις paraphrónēsis madness, folly 1
- παραὁδεύω hparaodeúō pass by 1
- παροινέω paroinéō behave drunkenly 1
- παρωμίς parōmís shoulder-piece (of ephod) 1
- παράγγελμα parángelma command, precept 1
- παράλυσις parálysis paralysis, weakness 1
- παράπληκτος paráplēktos stricken, deranged 1
- παράπτωσις paráptōsis transgression, fall 1
- παράρρυμα parárryma curtain, awning 1
- παρέλκυσις parélkysis delay, dragging out 1
- πατητός patētós trodden, trampled 1
- παίγνιον paígnion plaything, toy 1
- πεινάζω peinázō be hungry 1
- πελεκητός pelekētós hewn (with axe) 1
- πελεκάω pelekáō hew, cut with an axe 1
- πελιόομαι pelióomai be livid, be bruised 1
- πενταπλασίως pentaplasíōs fivefold 1
- πενταπλοῦς pentaploûs fivefold 1
- πεντεκαιδέκατο pentekaidékato fifteenth 1
- πεντάπηχυς pentápēchys five cubits long 1
- πενέω penéō be poor, toil 1
- πεποιθότως pepoithótōs confidently, securely 1
- περιγίγνομαι perigígnomai survive, prevail over 1
- περιδειπνέω perideipnéō hold a funeral feast 1
- περικλείω perikleíō shut in, enclose 1
- περικοσμέω perikosméō adorn all around 1
- περιπόρφυρος peripórphyros bordered with purple 1
- περισιαλόω perisialóō smear over, plaster 1
- περιστολή peristolḗ garment, covering 1
- περιστήθιον peristḗthion breastplate 1
- περισύρω perisýrō drag around, sweep away 1
- περιτειχίζω periteichízō wall around, besiege 1
- περιφερής peripherḗs rounded, circular 1
- περιχαλκόω perichalkóō overlay with bronze 1
- περιὀνυχίζω perionychízō trim the nails 1
- περκάζω perkázō ripen, grow dark 1
- περάτης perátēs one from beyond, Hebrew 1
- περίβλεπτος períbleptos conspicuous, admired 1
- περίβλημα períblēma covering, mantle 1
- περίλημψις perílēmpsis comprehension, grasp 1
- περίμετρον perímetron circumference, perimeter 1
- περίοδος períodos circuit, course 1
- περίστασις perístasis circumstance, trouble 1
- περίτειχος períteichos surrounding wall 1
- πείνη peínē hunger, famine 1
- πεύκη peúkē pine, fir tree 1
- πικράν pikrán bitter, harsh 1
- πιστῶς pistō̂s faithfully 1
- πλαγιάζω plagiázō turn aside, lay slanting 1
- πλαγιόω plagióō turn aside, mislead 1
- πλανῆτις planē̂tis wandering, vagrant (fem.) 1
- πλειστάκις pleistákis very often, oftenest 1
- πλεοναστός pleonastós abundant, numerous 1
- πλεόνασμα pleónasma surplus, increase 1
- πληγίζω plēgízō strike, beat 1
- πλησίος plēsíos near, neighboring 1
- πλινθεύω plintheúō make bricks 1
- πλινθουργία plinthourgía brickmaking 1
- πλοκή plokḗ twining, intrigue 1
- πλωτός plōtós navigable, floating 1
- πλάτανος plátanos plane tree 1
- πλόκιον plókion necklace, woven ornament 1
- πνευματοφορέω pneumatophoréō be inspired, carry spirit 1
- πνεύω pneúō breathe, blow 1
- ποδιστήρ podistḗr foot-covering, anklet 1
- ποθεινός potheinós longed for, desirable 1
- ποικιλτός poikiltós embroidered 1
- ποικίλως poikílōs in varied ways 1
- πολιός poliós gray, gray-haired 1
- πολλαχῶς pollachō̂s in many ways 1
- πολυημερεύω polyēmereúō live many days 1
- πολυοδία polyodía long journey 1
- πολυπληθύνω polyplēthýnō greatly multiply 1
- πολυρρήμων polyrrḗmōn talkative, wordy 1
- πολυτόκος polytókos prolific, bearing many 1
- πολυχρονίζω polychronízō last long, endure 1
- πολύπλοκος polýplokos intricate, crafty 1
- ποντοπορέω pontoporéō sail the sea 1
- πορεύσις poreúsis going, journey 1
- πορεῖον poreîon means of travel, vehicle 1
- πορνοκόπος pornokópos fornicator, whoremonger 1
- πορφυρίς porphyrís purple robe 1
- ποσαπλῶς posaplō̂s in how many ways 1
- ποτόν potón drink, drinking 1
- πρεσβευτής presbeutḗs ambassador, envoy 1
- πριστηροειδής pristēroeidḗs saw-shaped, jagged 1
- προκυνέω prokynéō bow before, worship 1
- προλήνιον prolḗnion vat before the winepress 1
- προςθλίβω prosthlíbō press against 1
- προςκαίω proskaíō burn, scorch 1
- προςκρούω proskroúō strike against, offend 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.