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.
- προςμίγνυμι prosmígnymi mingle with, approach 1
- προςοἴγνυμι prosoígnymi open toward 1
- προςπαίζω prospaízō play with, mock 1
- προςσιελίζω prossielízō spit upon 1
- προςσκόπτω prosskóptō strike against, stumble 1
- προςφύω prosphýō grow onto, attach 1
- προςχαίρω proschaírō rejoice at 1
- προςχειρίζω proscheirízō appoint, undertake 1
- προςὁράω hprosoráō look upon, regard 1
- προςὄζω prosózō smell, give off odor 1
- προσανάβασις prosanábasis ascent, going up 1
- προσβλητός prosblētós assailable, exposed 1
- προσεχόντως prosechóntōs attentively 1
- προσηλυτεύω prosēlyteúō be a sojourner 1
- προσηνής prosēnḗs gentle, kindly 1
- προσταγή prostagḗ command, ordinance 1
- προστάς prostás porch, vestibule 1
- προτομή protomḗ front, bust 1
- προτέρημα protérēma advantage, superiority 1
- προφθάνθ prophthánth anticipate, come before 1
- προφυλάσσω prophylássō guard, protect 1
- προχειρέω procheiréō have ready, undertake 1
- προχώρημα prochṓrēma excrement, dung 1
- πρωτοβαθρέω prōtobathréō hold first rank 1
- πρωτοβολέω prōtoboléō shed first (teeth/fruit) 1
- πρωτολογία prōtología first plea, first speech 1
- πρωτοτοκεύω prōtotokeúō bear a firstborn 1
- πρωτόγονος prōtógonos firstborn 1
- πράσινος prásinos leek-green 1
- πράσον práson leek 1
- πρέσβις présbis old woman, elder (fem.) 1
- πρόλοβος prólobos crop (of a bird) 1
- πρόπαππος própappos great-grandfather 1
- πρόσβασις prósbasis approach, ascent 1
- πρόσθεσις prósthesis addition, increase 1
- πρόσοδος prósodos revenue, approach 1
- πρόχειρος prócheiros ready at hand 1
- πρώην prṓēn formerly, recently 1
- πρώιος prṓios early, of the morning 1
- πρώσωπον prṓsōpon face, presence 1
- πταρμός ptarmós sneezing 1
- πταῖσμα ptaîsma stumble, fault 1
- πτεροφεύω pteropheúō shed feathers, molt 1
- πτωχίζω ptōchízō make poor 1
- πτίλος ptílos feathered, downy 1
- πτύξις ptýxis fold, folding 1
- πυργοβάρις pyrgobáris fortified tower 1
- πυροφόρος pyrophóros wheat-bearing 1
- πυρρόω pyrróō make red, redden 1
- πυρφόρος pyrphóros fire-bearing 1
- πέδιλον pédilon sandal 1
- πέλας pélas near, neighbor 1
- πέλειος péleios livid, dark 1
- πέπειρος pépeiros ripe, mature 1
- πέπων pépōn ripe, mellow 1
- πέρδιξ pérdix partridge 1
- πέταυρον pétauron perch, roost 1
- πέψις pépsis ripening, digestion 1
- πίθηκος píthēkos ape, monkey 1
- πίθος píthos jar, storage vessel 1
- πίννινος pínninos of mother-of-pearl 1
- πότημα pótēma drink, draught 1
- πύγαργος pýgargos white-rumped antelope 1
- πύξος pýxos boxwood 1
- πῆγμα pē̂gma framework, structure 1
- σαβεκ sabek thicket (place name) 1
- σαγήνα sagḗna dragnet, seine 1
- σαδημωθ sadēmōth fields (place name) 1
- σαθρός sathrós rotten, decayed 1
- σαμβύκη sambýkē sambuca (harp) 1
- σανιδωτός sanidōtós made of planks, boarded 1
- σαπρίζω saprízō make rotten, decay 1
- σαράβαρα sarábara trousers, leggings 1
- σατι sati seah (dry measure) 1
- σατραις satrais satraps 1
- σαύρα saúra lizard 1
- σελίς selís page, column (of writing) 1
- σευτλίον seutlíon beet, chard 1
- σημαία sēmaía banner, standard 1
- σημείωσις sēmeíōsis sign, marking 1
- σημεῖα sēmeîa signs 1
- σητόβρωτον sētóbrōton moth-eaten 1
- σιαγόνιον siagónion jawbone, cheek 1
- σικυήρατον sikyḗraton cucumber field 1
- σικύος sikýos cucumber 1
- σιτοβολών sitobolṓn granary, storehouse 1
- σιτοποιός sitopoiós baker 1
- σιτέομαι sitéomai eat, feed on 1
- σιτίον sitíon food, grain 1
- σιωπή siōpḗ silence 1
- σκαμβή skambḗ crooked, bent 1
- σκελίζω skelízō trip up, supplant 1
- σκεπεινός skepeinós sheltering, shady 1
- σκεπάρνον skepárnon axe, adze 1
- σκεπάρνῳ skepárnō axe, adze 1
- σκευασία skeuasía preparation, equipment 1
- σκηνῆς skēnē̂s of a tent 1
- σκιρτέω skirtéō leap, skip 1
- σκιάδιον skiádion canopy, parasol 1
- σκληρίαν sklērían hardness, harshness 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.