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.
- διακοπή diakopḗ breach, breaking 10
- διακύπτω diakýptō peer out, look down 10
- διάβασις diábasis crossing, ford 10
- εὐθηνία euthēnía abundance, plenty 10
- θυσίασμα thysíasma sacrifice, offering 10
- καταπάτημα katapátēma trampled thing 10
- κατάβρωμα katábrōma thing devoured, prey 10
- κατάκαυμα katákauma burned thing, scar 10
- κρόκη krókē woof, weft (weaving) 10
- κυπάρισσος kypárissos cypress 10
- λαξεύω laxeúō hew stone 10
- λεπτύνω leptýnō make fine, grind small 10
- μηνιαῖος mēniaîos monthly, a month old 10
- μονόζωνος monózōnos lightly-armed raider 10
- μίτρα mítra headband, turban 10
- νεῦρον neûron sinew, nerve 10
- οιφι oiphi ephah (dry measure) 10
- οἰκογενής oikogenḗs house-born slave 10
- παραὁράω hparaoráō overlook, disregard 10
- παράδειγμα parádeigma example, pattern 10
- παστοφόριον pastophórion temple chamber 10
- περίζωμα perízōma loincloth, girdle 10
- πλίνθος plínthos brick 10
- πολεμικός polemikós warlike, of war 10
- πρέσβυς présbys old man, elder, envoy 10
- πρόβλημα próblēma riddle, problem 10
- πάχος páchos thickness 10
- σκοπιά skopiá watchtower, lookout 10
- σπαρτίον spartíon cord, rope 10
- στέλεχος stélechos trunk, stump 10
- στήμων stḗmōn warp (weaving) 10
- τεκταίνω tektaínō fashion, build 10
- τετράποδος tetrápodos four-footed, quadruped 10
- φακός phakós lentil 10
- φαλάκρωμα phalákrōma baldness, bald spot 10
- ψαλτῳδός psaltōdós psalm-singer 10
- ἀδολεσχέω adoleschéō muse, talk idly 10
- ἀνανεύω ananeúō refuse, shake head 10
- ἀποἁγνίζω hapoagnízō purify, cleanse 10
- ἀπόλοιπος apóloipos remaining, left over 10
- ἄλλαγμα állagma exchange, ransom price 10
- ἄρσις ársis lifting, raising 10
- ἐκπολεμέω ekpoleméō wage war, fight 10
- ἐκἔχω ekéchō hold out, project 10
- ἐμπνέος empnéos breathing, living 10
- ἕλος hélos marsh, meadow 10
- ὁλοκάρπωσις holokárpōsis whole burnt offering 10
- ὄστρακον óstrakon potsherd, earthenware 10
- ὑγιάζω hygiázō make whole, heal 10
- ὑποδύτης hypodýtēs undergarment, robe 10
- αἴθριος aíthrios of clear sky, open air 9
- βεδεκ bedek breach, repair work 9
- βούτυρον boútyron butter, curds 9
- δασύς dasýs hairy, shaggy, dense 9
- δράξ dráx handful 9
- δίψα dípsa thirst 9
- εφουδ ephoud ephod (priestly vestment) 9
- εἵνεκεν heíneken on account of, for the sake of 9
- θηριάλωτος thēriálōtos killed by wild beasts 9
- θλάω thláō crush, bruise 9
- καταὀρύσσω kataorýssō bury, dig down 9
- κρεάγρα kreágra meat-hook, flesh-hook 9
- κυλίω kylíō roll 9
- κυνόμυια kynómyia dog-fly, gadfly 9
- κάτωθεν kátōthen from below, beneath 9
- κόνδυ kóndy drinking-cup 9
- λάγανον láganon thin cake, wafer 9
- μαῖα maîa midwife 9
- μεγαλοπρέπεια megaloprépeia majesty, magnificence 9
- μοιχάομαι moicháomai commit adultery 9
- μόλιβος mólibos lead (metal) 9
- μῆλον mē̂lon apple, fruit 9
- παράπαν parápan altogether, entirely 9
- πεδάω pedáō fetter, shackle 9
- πενία penía poverty 9
- περιἀργυρόω periargyróō overlay with silver 9
- προτείχισμα proteíchisma outer wall, rampart 9
- προφυλακή prophylakḗ outpost, watch 9
- πόκος pókos fleece 9
- σοφιστής sophistḗs sage, sophist 9
- στακτή staktḗ stacte (spice, myrrh oil) 9
- στρεπτός streptós twisted, woven, chain 9
- στρωμνή strōmnḗ bed, couch 9
- στήριγμα stḗrigma support, prop 9
- συγκλεισμός synkleismós enclosure, confinement 9
- συνάντημα synántēma occurrence, chance event 9
- σχίζα schíza splinter, kindling stick 9
- σύγκριμα sýnkrima interpretation, decree 9
- σύμπας sýmpas all together, whole 9
- σύνταξις sýntaxis arrangement, allowance 9
- τειχήρης teichḗrēs walled, fortified 9
- τειχίζω teichízō build a wall, fortify 9
- τρισκαιδέκατος triskaidékatos thirteenth 9
- τριστάτης tristátēs officer, captain 9
- φαρέτρα pharétra quiver 9
- χέω chéō pour 9
- ἀξίωμα axíōma request, dignity 9
- ἀοίκητος aoíkētos uninhabited 9
- ἐκἄρχω ekárchō begin, lead off 9
- ἐκἐκκλησιάζω ekekklēsiázō summon an assembly 9
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.