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.

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καταγράφω katagráphō write down, register 7
καταμετρέω katametréō measure out 7
κλεῖθρον kleîthron bolt, bar (of a door) 7
κρατήρ kratḗr mixing bowl, basin 7
κρήνη krḗnē spring, fountain 7
λῶμα lō̂ma hem, fringe 7
μακρότης makrótēs length 7
μελίζω melízō cut in pieces, dismember 7
μισωρ misōr plain, level country 7
μυρεψός myrepsós perfumer 7
μάχιμος máchimos warlike; warrior 7
μῦς mŷs mouse 7
νοήμων noḗmōn intelligent, prudent 7
ξηρασία xērasía dryness, drought 7
οὐλή oulḗ scar, wound 7
παλαιστή palaistḗ handbreadth 7
παρθένεια parthéneia virginity 7
πεντεκαίδεκα pentekaídeka fifteen 7
πεντηκονταετής pentēkontaetḗs fifty years old 7
περίπατος perípatos walk, walkway 7
περίστυλον perístylon colonnade, peristyle 7
πιαίνω piaínō make fat, fatten 7
πλήρωσις plḗrōsis fullness, fulfilling 7
ποικιλτής poikiltḗs embroiderer 7
πολιά poliá gray hair, old age 7
προσόχθισμα prosóchthisma abomination, loathing 7
πρωίθεν prōíthen from early morning 7
πτερνίζω pternízō supplant, deceive 7
πέταλον pétalon leaf, thin plate 7
σαββατίζω sabbatízō keep the sabbath 7
σαπρία sapría rottenness, decay 7
σκοπεύω skopeúō watch, keep watch 7
σκυθρωπάζω skythrōpázō look gloomy, be sad 7
στηλόω stēlóō set up as a pillar 7
στολίζω stolízō clothe, robe 7
σφαιρωτήρ sphairōtḗr shoe-latchet, thong 7
σφῦρα sphŷra hammer, mallet 7
σάρδιον sárdion carnelian, sardius 7
σύστρεμμα sýstremma band, conspiracy 7
τεκνοποιέω teknopoiéō beget children 7
τερέβινθος terébinthos terebinth tree 7
τρυφερός trypherós delicate, dainty 7
τέμνω témnō cut 7
τέρπω térpō delight, gladden 7
τήγανον tḗganon frying pan, griddle 7
φλέγω phlégō burn, blaze 7
φάρυγξ phárynx throat, gullet 7
χειροπέδη cheiropédē handcuff, manacle 7
ἀλαλαγμός alalagmós shout, war-cry 7
ἀλσώδης alsṓdēs wooded, grove-like 7
ἀποικεσία apoikesía exile, captivity 7
ἀρχιευνοῦχος archieunoûchos chief eunuch 7
ἀρχισιτοποιός archisitopoiós chief baker 7
ἀσυνθετέω asynthetéō deal faithlessly 7
ἁδρύνω hadrýnō grow up, mature 7
ἐγκαινισμός enkainismós dedication, consecration 7
ἐκκλησιαστής ekklēsiastḗs preacher, assembler 7
ἐκπετάζω ekpetázō spread out, stretch out 7
ἐκῥίπτω ekrhíptō cast out, throw away 7
ἐλάτη elátē fir, pine wood 7
ἐμπλόκιον emplókion braided hair-ornament 7
ἐνδέω endéō bind on, fasten 7
ἐνπλατύνω enplatýnō enlarge, widen 7
ἐξιλασμός exilasmós atonement, expiation 7
ἐπιβάτης epibátēs rider, passenger 7
ἐπικρατέω epikratéō prevail, gain control 7
ἐπισκευάζω episkeuázō prepare, equip 7
ἐπιτίμησις epitímēsis rebuke, reproof 7
ἑξακισχίλιοι hexakischílioi six thousand 7
ἑσπερινός hesperinós evening, of evening 7
ἑωσφόρος heōsphóros morning star, dawn 7
ἕδρα hédra seat, buttocks 7
ἕψεμα hépsema boiled food, pottage 7
ἡδύς hēdýs sweet, pleasant 7
ὀβολός obolós obol (small coin) 7
ὀκτωκαίδεκα oktōkaídeka eighteen 7
ὀξύνω oxýnō sharpen, provoke 7
ὀπίσθιος opísthios hinder, rear 7
ὁμίχλη homíchlē mist, fog 7
ὑποσκελίζω hyposkelízō trip up, supplant 7
ὑπόλειμμα hypóleimma remnant, remainder 7
ὡραιότης hōraiótēs beauty, comeliness 7
ῥαντός rhantós speckled, spotted 7
ῥίς rhís nose, nostril 7
βάλανος bálanos acorn, oak 6
βόσκημα bóskēma grazing animal, cattle 6
γύψ gýps vulture 6
δειλινός deilinós of the afternoon 6
δεσπόζω despózō be master, rule over 6
δείλη deílē afternoon, evening 6
διανήθω dianḗthō spin (thread) 6
διαφωνέω diaphōnéō be missing, perish 6
διαὀρθόω diaorthóō set straight, restore 6
διεκβολή diekbolḗ outlet, pass 6
δισσός dissós double, twofold 6
διχοτόμημα dichotómēma piece, half (of split sacrifice) 6
διῶρυξ diō̂ryx canal, channel 6
δίοδος díodos passage, thoroughfare 6
εἶδον eîdon saw, perceived 6
θυμώδης thymṓdēs hot-tempered, irascible 6

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.