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.
- ἐπίσπαστρον epíspastron curtain, covering 1
- ἐπίφημίζω epíphēmízō dedicate, name over 1
- ἐπίχαρμα epícharma object of malicious joy 1
- ἐπίχαρτος epíchartos gloated over 1
- ἐπίχυσις epíchysis pouring upon, libation 1
- ἐπώπιον epṓpion before, in presence of 1
- ἐργασίμη ergasímē workday, working 1
- ἐργοδιωκτέω ergodiōktéō drive at work, oversee 1
- ἐργάτις ergátis workwoman, laborer 1
- ἐργέω ergéō work, labor 1
- ἐρεθισμός erethismós provocation, irritation 1
- ἐρεθιστὴς erethistḕs provoker, agitator 1
- ἐρειδόμενος ereidómenos leaning, resting upon 1
- ἐρεικτός ereiktós crushed, bruised (grain) 1
- ἐρεύσομαι ereúsomai will flow 1
- ἐρημίτης erēmítēs hermit, desert-dweller 1
- ἐρέα eréa wool 1
- ἐρέθισμα eréthisma provocation, irritant 1
- ἐρίθος eríthos hireling, day-laborer 1
- ἐρύθημα erýthēma redness, flush 1
- ἐσκίρτων eskírtōn leaping, skipping 1
- ἐσχαρίτης escharítēs hearth-baked (bread) 1
- ἐσώτατος esṓtatos innermost 1
- ἐτασμός etasmós examination, scrutiny 1
- ἐφημερίας ephēmerías daily course, division 1
- ἐφοδιάζω ephodiázō supply for a journey 1
- ἐφέτιος ephétios of this year, yearling 1
- ἐφόδιον ephódion travel provisions 1
- ἐχθρία echthría enmity, hostility 1
- ἑβδομηκοστός hebdomēkostós seventieth 1
- ἑδράζω hedrázō make firm, settle 1
- ἑκατονταπλασίως hekatontaplasíōs a hundredfold 1
- ἑκατοστεύω hekatosteúō yield a hundredfold 1
- ἑκουσιασμός hekousiasmós freewill offering 1
- ἑπταετής heptaetḗs seven years old 1
- ἑρμηνευτής hermēneutḗs interpreter, translator 1
- ἑτεροκλινῶς heteroklinō̂s leaning to one side 1
- ἑτερόζυγος heterózygos unequally yoked 1
- ἔαρσις éarsis lifting, raising 1
- ἔγγιστα éngista very near, nearest 1
- ἔγγραπτος éngraptos written, inscribed 1
- ἔγκαρπος énkarpos fruitful 1
- ἔγκατον énkaton entrails, inward parts 1
- ἔγκληρος énklēros holding an inheritance 1
- ἔγκτησις énktēsis possession of property 1
- ἔκθεσις ékthesis exposure, casting out 1
- ἔκλευκος ékleukos whitish, pale white 1
- ἔκρηγμα ékrēgma fracture, rupture 1
- ἔκρυσις ékrysis outflow, discharge 1
- ἔκτασις éktasis stretching out, extension 1
- ἔλασμα élasma metal plate 1
- ἔλεφας élephas elephant, ivory 1
- ἔμετος émetos vomit 1
- ἔμπνευσις émpneusis breathing in, inspiration 1
- ἔνδοθεν éndothen from within, inside 1
- ἔνθεμα énthema inlay, setting 1
- ἔννευμα énneuma nod, sign 1
- ἔνοικος énoikos inhabitant, dweller 1
- ἔνοπλος énoplos armed, in arms 1
- ἔνορκος énorkos under oath, sworn 1
- ἔντερον énteron intestine, gut 1
- ἔνυστρον énystron fourth stomach, maw 1
- ἔξοικος éxoikos expelled from home 1
- ἔξωσμα éxōsma thing thrust out 1
- ἔπαρμα éparma swelling, raised part 1
- ἔπτυσμα éptysma spittle, saliva 1
- ἔρεισμα éreisma support, prop 1
- ἔρημα érēma desolate places 1
- ἔσχατον éschaton last, uttermost part 1
- ἔφηλος éphēlos freckled, spotted 1
- ἔχρα échra enmity, hatred 1
- ἕλιξ hélix tendril, spiral 1
- ἕωλος héōlos stale, day-old 1
- ἠρεμάζω ēremázō be quiet, be still 1
- ἠρεμάζων ēremázōn being quiet, staying still 1
- ἡγεμονικός hēgemonikós ruling, governing 1
- ἡγητέον hēgētéon one must consider 1
- ἡδυσμός hēdysmós seasoning, sweetening 1
- ἡδύφωνος hēdýphōnos sweet-voiced 1
- ἡλιάζομαι hēliázomai bask in the sun 1
- ἡμισεύω hēmiseúō halve, divide in two 1
- ἡμίεφθος hēmíephthos half-boiled 1
- ἡπατοσκοπέω hēpatoskopéō divine by liver 1
- ἡσυχῇ hēsychē̂ quietly, silently 1
- ἡψήθη hēpsḗthē was boiled, was cooked 1
- ἥγημα hḗgēma leadership, command 1
- ἰατρεῖον iatreîon surgery, doctor's room 1
- ἰατής iatḗs healer, physician 1
- ἰγνύα ignýa back of the knee 1
- ἰδιοποιέω idiopoiéō make one's own, appropriate 1
- ἰδιόγραφος idiógraphos written in one's own hand 1
- ἰσχυρόω ischyróō strengthen 1
- ἰσχίον ischíon hip, loin 1
- ἰχνεύω ichneúō track, trace 1
- ἱερατεύς hierateús priest 1
- ἱερεία hiereía priestess 1
- ἱκανῶς hikanō̂s sufficiently, enough 1
- ἱκετηρίος hiketēríos of supplication 1
- ἱλαρύνω hilarýnō make cheerful, gladden 1
- ἱλαρῶς hilarō̂s cheerfully, gladly 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.