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.
- ὑπέρθυρον hypérthyron lintel, door-beam 1
- ὑπήκοοι hypḗkooi subjects, obedient ones 1
- ὑπόγειος hypógeios underground 1
- ὑπόθεμα hypóthema base, support 1
- ὑπόλοιπος hypóloipos remaining, left over 1
- ὑπόλυσις hypólysis loosing, untying 1
- ὑπόφαυσις hypóphausis faint gleam, dim light 1
- ὑπώπιον hypṓpion bruise under the eye 1
- ὑστεροβουλία hysteroboulía afterthought, late counsel 1
- ὑψηλοκάρδιος hypsēlokárdios haughty, proud-hearted 1
- ὕβριστος hýbristos insolent, outrageous 1
- ὕπαιθρος hýpaithros in the open air 1
- ὕπαρξιν hýparxin possession, substance 1
- ὕπτιος hýptios lying on the back, supine 1
- ὕψωσις hýpsōsis lifting up, exaltation 1
- ὠδίς ōdís birth pang, travail 1
- ὠδίω ōdíō be in labor, travail 1
- ὠμοτοκέω ōmotokéō miscarry, bear prematurely 1
- ὠφέλημα ōphélēma benefit, profit 1
- ὠχρός ōchrós pale, sallow 1
- ὠχέω ōchéō ride, be carried 1
- ὡραϊσμός hōraïsmós adornment, beautifying 1
- ὡραίομαι hōraíomai be made beautiful 1
- ὤμοι ṓmoi alas, woe is me 1
- ὤρυμα ṓryma roaring, howling 1
- ὥδωρ hṓdōr water 1
- ῥαγάς rhagás crack, fissure 1
- ῥακώδης rhakṓdēs ragged, tattered 1
- ῥαπτός rhaptós stitched, sewn 1
- ῥεμβεύω rhembeúō wander, rove 1
- ῥηγνύω rhēgnýō break, burst 1
- ῥιπιστός rhipistós fanned, winnowed 1
- ῥοιζέω rhoizéō rush, whir 1
- ῥοών rhoṓn of pomegranates 1
- ῥοῖζος rhoîzos rushing sound, whir 1
- ῥυθμίζω rhythmízō arrange, set in order 1
- ῥυέω rhyéō flow, stream 1
- ῥέμβω rhémbō wander, roam 1
- ῥόδιος rhódios of roses, rosy 1
- ῥόδον rhódon rose 1
- ῥόπαλον rhópalon club, cudgel 1
- ῥᾳθυμέω rhathyméō be idle, take ease 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.