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.
- τρυγίας trygías dregs, lees 1
- τρυφερότης trypherótēs delicacy, daintiness 1
- τρυφάνω tryphánō live luxuriously 1
- τρέω tréō tremble, fear 1
- τρίμηος trímēos three months old 1
- τυλόω tylóō make callous, harden 1
- τυμπανίστρια tympanístria woman drummer 1
- τυραννέω tyrannéō rule as tyrant 1
- τυραννίς tyrannís tyranny, absolute rule 1
- τάλας tálas wretched, miserable 1
- τάφρος táphros trench, ditch 1
- τίμημα tímēma valuation, assessed price 1
- τόμος tómos slice, piece cut off 1
- φαυλίστρια phaulístria scornful woman 1
- φαύλισμα phaúlisma object of scorn 1
- φελλανι phellani such a one, so-and-so 1
- φελμουνι phelmouni such a one, so-and-so 1
- φερνίζω phernízō give a dowry, endow 1
- φθάρμα phthárma decay, corruption 1
- φθέγμα phthégma utterance, sound 1
- φθίνω phthínō waste away, decline 1
- φιλαμαρτήμων philamartḗmōn loving sin 1
- φιλεχθρέω philechthréō be hostile, quarrel 1
- φιλογέωργος philogéōrgos loving farming 1
- φιλογύναιος philogýnaios fond of women 1
- φιλονεικέω philoneikéō be contentious 1
- φλέψ phléps vein, blood-vessel 1
- φλόγινος phlóginos flaming, fiery 1
- φοβερισμός phoberismós terror, intimidation 1
- φοβερῶς phoberō̂s fearfully, dreadfully 1
- φοιβάω phoibáō purify, cleanse 1
- φοινικοῦς phoinikoûs purple-red, crimson 1
- φορβεά phorbeá halter, bridle 1
- φορεῖον phoreîon litter, palanquin 1
- φορολογέω phorologéō levy tribute, tax 1
- φορολόγητος phorológētos subject to tribute 1
- φορά phorá produce, yield 1
- φρικώδης phrikṓdēs horrible, dreadful 1
- φρίττω phríttō shudder, tremble 1
- φρύγιον phrýgion roasted grain 1
- φυγαδεύω phygadeúō drive into exile 1
- φυλάκισσα phylákissa woman guard 1
- φυρμός phyrmós mixture, confusion 1
- φυσάω physáō blow, breathe 1
- φυή phyḗ growth, stature 1
- φωράομαι phōráomai be caught, detected 1
- φύλαρχος phýlarchos tribal chief 1
- φύρασις phýrasis mixing, kneading 1
- φύρω phýrō mix, knead 1
- χαλαστόν chalastón filigree setting 1
- χαλβάνη chalbánē galbanum (spice) 1
- χαλδαϊστί chaldaïstí in Chaldean (language) 1
- χαλκεύω chalkeúō work in bronze, forge 1
- χαλάζη chalázē hail 1
- χαμανιμ chamanim incense altars 1
- χαρακοβολία charakobolía throwing up a rampart 1
- χαρμοσύνη charmosýnē gladness, joy 1
- χαροπός charopós fierce-eyed, bright-eyed 1
- χαράκωσις charákōsis palisade, entrenchment 1
- χαράσσω charássō engrave, sharpen 1
- χαίνω chaínō gape, yawn 1
- χειροτονία cheirotonía appointment, ordination 1
- χειρέω cheiréō subdue, master 1
- χελύνιον chelýnion tortoise-shell, shell 1
- χελώνη chelṓnē tortoise, turtle 1
- χερσαῖος chersaîos land (animal), of dry land 1
- χερσόω chersóō lay waste, leave barren 1
- χθιζός chthizós of yesterday 1
- χιλιαρχία chiliarchía command of a thousand 1
- χιλιοπλασίως chilioplasíōs a thousandfold 1
- χιονόομαι chionóomai become snow-white 1
- χιόνα chióna snow 1
- χλαῖνα chlaîna cloak, mantle 1
- χλεύασμα chleúasma mockery, jest 1
- χλωρότης chlōrótēs greenness, paleness 1
- χνοῦν chnoûn down, fine powder 1
- χοεύς choeús choeus (liquid measure) 1
- χολέρα choléra cholera, illness 1
- χονδρίτης chondrítēs groats bread 1
- χορεύουσαι choreúousai dancing (women) 1
- χορτασία chortasía feeding, fodder 1
- χορτομανέω chortomanéō run to grass 1
- χρεμετίζω chremetízō neigh 1
- χρεοφειλέτης chreopheilétēs debtor 1
- χρεοφειλέτου chreopheilétou debtor 1
- χρησμολογίζω chrēsmologízō utter oracles 1
- χρυσαυγέω chrysaugéō gleam like gold 1
- χρέους chréous debt 1
- χρόα chróa skin, complexion 1
- χυδαῖος chydaîos common, vulgar 1
- χυτήν chytḗn molten, cast 1
- χυτός chytós molten, cast 1
- χωμαριμ chōmarim idol-priests 1
- χωματίζω chōmatízō heap up earth 1
- χάλαστα chálasta loose ornaments 1
- χάσκω cháskō gape, yawn 1
- χήρειος chḗreios of a widow 1
- χόλος chólos wrath, gall 1
- χόριον chórion afterbirth, membrane 1
- χόρτον chórton grass, fodder 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.