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.
- συνφύρω synphýrō mix, knead together 1
- συνωμότης synōmótēs fellow conspirator 1
- συνωρίς synōrís pair of horses, team 1
- συνἀλοάω synaloáō thresh together, crush 1
- συνἀριθμέω synarithméō count together, reckon 1
- συνἔημι synéēmi send together, join 1
- συνἕλκω hsynélkō drag together 1
- συνὁράω hsynoráō perceive, see clearly 1
- συνάλλαγμα synállagma covenant, contract 1
- συνίστωρ synístōr witness, accomplice 1
- συσκιάζον syskiázon overshadowing, shading 1
- συσκήνια syskḗnia tent-companions, mess 1
- σφαλερός sphalerós slippery, unsteady 1
- σφυροκοπέω sphyrokopéō hammer, forge 1
- σφυροκόπος sphyrokópos hammerer, smith 1
- σφάλμα sphálma stumble, fault 1
- σφόνδυλος sphóndylos vertebra, neck joint 1
- σχισμάς schismás clefts, fissures 1
- σχισμή schismḗ cleft, fissure 1
- σχιστός schistós split, cloven 1
- σχοινισμός schoinismós measured allotment 1
- σχολαστής scholastḗs idler, man of leisure 1
- σχάζω scházō let flow, slit open 1
- σχίσμν schísmn cleft, fissure 1
- σωματοποιέω sōmatopoiéō form, give a body to 1
- σάγμα ságma pack-saddle 1
- σίελον síelon spittle, saliva 1
- σίελος síelos spittle, saliva 1
- σύγκλειστος sýnkleistos pure, refined (gold) 1
- σύγκλητος sýnklētos select, summoned 1
- σύγκρασις sýnkrasis mixture, blending 1
- σύμβλημα sýmblēma joining, juncture 1
- σύμβλησις sýmblēsis comparison, encounter 1
- σύμβολον sýmbolon token, sign 1
- σύμμετρος sýmmetros of fitting size 1
- σύμφωνον sýmphōnon agreement, accord 1
- σύναγμα sýnagma gathering, assembly 1
- σύνεγγυς sýnengys near, close by 1
- σύνθετος sýnthetos composite, compounded 1
- σύνταγμα sýntagma arrangement, ordinance 1
- σύντριψις sýntripsis crushing, destruction 1
- σύριγμα sýrigma hissing, whistling 1
- σύριγξ sýrinx pipe, flute 1
- σύρων sýrōn dragging, trailing 1
- σύσκηνος sýskēnos tent-mate, comrade 1
- σύστασις sýstasis composition, conspiracy 1
- σῆψις sē̂psis decay, rotting 1
- σῦς sŷs swine, pig 1
- σῶσον sō̂son save! (deliver) 1
- ταινία tainía band, ribbon 1
- ταμιεύω tamieúō store up, dispense 1
- ταμίας tamías steward, treasurer 1
- τανύω tanýō stretch, extend 1
- ταπεινφρονέω tapeinphronéō be humble-minded 1
- ταπεινάω tapeináō humble, lower 1
- ταπεινόφρων tapeinóphrōn humble-minded 1
- ταραχώδης tarachṓdēs turbulent, troubled 1
- τειχήρεσις teichḗresis siege, besieging 1
- τεκτονικός tektonikós of building, craft 1
- τελεσιουργέω telesiourgéō bring to completion 1
- τελεσφόρος telesphóros bringing fruit to maturity 1
- τελίσκομαι telískomai be initiated, consecrated 1
- τετρακισμύριοι tetrakismýrioi forty thousand 1
- τετρακοσιοστός tetrakosiostós four hundredth 1
- τετραπλῶς tetraplō̂s fourfold 1
- τετράδραχμον tetrádrachmon four-drachma coin 1
- τεχνάζω technázō contrive, scheme 1
- τείχη teíchē walls 1
- τηγάνος tēgános frying pan, griddle 1
- τηλαύγημα tēlaúgēma bright spot, sheen 1
- τηλαύγησις tēlaúgēsis bright shining 1
- τιθηνέω tithēnéō nurse, foster 1
- τιμογραφέω timographéō assess, value 1
- τινάγμα tinágma shaking, brandishing 1
- τιτράω titráō bore, pierce 1
- τμητός tmētós cut, hewn 1
- τοκάς tokás breeding (animal), dam 1
- τολύπη tolýpē ball of wool, clew 1
- τομίς tomís cutting tool, chisel 1
- τοξικός toxikós of the bow, archer's 1
- τορευτῶν toreutō̂n of carved work 1
- τοϊγαρ-οῦν toïgaroûn therefore, accordingly 1
- τοῖος toîos such, of such kind 1
- τοῖς toîs to/for the 1
- τρανός tranós clear, distinct 1
- τραχηλάω trachēláō bend the neck, embrace 1
- τριακονταετός triakontaetós thirty years old 1
- τριημερία triēmería period of three days 1
- τριμερίζω trimerízō divide in three 1
- τριπλόος triplóos threefold, triple 1
- τρισμύριοι trismýrioi thirty thousand 1
- τρισσόω trissóō do a third time 1
- τριταίων tritaíōn on the third day 1
- τριταῖος tritaîos on the third day 1
- τριχίνας trichínas of hair, hairy 1
- τριόδους triódous three-pronged fork 1
- τροπέω tropéō put to flight, rout 1
- τροφεύω tropheúō nourish, rear 1
- τροχιάς trochiás of the track, wheel-rut 1
- τροχίσκος trochískos small wheel, disc 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.