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.
- θέριστρον théristron light summer cloak, veil 6
- κατακληρόω kataklēróō allot, distribute as inheritance 6
- κατασκευή kataskeuḗ structure, furnishing 6
- κηρός kērós beeswax 6
- κλιμακτήρ klimaktḗr rung, step 6
- κολεός koleós sheath, scabbard 6
- κονία konía lime, plaster, dust 6
- κωπηλάτης kōpēlátēs rower, oarsman 6
- κέρκος kérkos tail 6
- κώδων kṓdōn bell 6
- λατόμος latómos stonecutter, quarryman 6
- λιπαίνω lipaínō make fat, anoint 6
- μανδραγόρας mandragóras mandrake 6
- μανδύας mandýas cloak, mantle 6
- μηρίον mēríon thigh-piece 6
- μυκτηρισμός myktērismós derision, mockery 6
- μυῖα myîa fly 6
- μάλα mála very, exceedingly 6
- νυκτερινός nykterinós nocturnal, of the night 6
- ξυρόν xyrón razor 6
- οἰνοχόος oinochóos cupbearer 6
- παιδίσκος paidískos young servant, boy 6
- παλάθης paláthēs cake of dried fruit 6
- παχύς pachýs thick, fat 6
- περιὁδεύω hperiodeúō go about, travel around 6
- περιῥαίνω perirhaínō sprinkle around 6
- πλεονασμός pleonasmós increase, abundance 6
- πονηρεύω ponēreúō act wickedly 6
- προθυμέομαι prothyméomai be eager, willing 6
- προἵημι hproíēmi send forth, give up 6
- πρωτοτόκιον prōtotókion birthright 6
- πρίαμαι príamai buy, purchase 6
- πτερωτός pterōtós winged 6
- πυθμήν pythmḗn bottom, base 6
- πάγος págos rock, crag 6
- σειρήν seirḗn siren; songbird/jackal 6
- σκνίψ skníps gnat, louse 6
- σταγών stagṓn drop 6
- στηλογραφία stēlographía inscription (psalm title, Michtam) 6
- στένω sténō groan, sigh 6
- συντίμησις syntímēsis valuation, assessment 6
- τηλαυγής tēlaugḗs far-shining, clear 6
- τιθηνός tithēnós nurse 6
- τορευτός toreutós of beaten metal 6
- τρισσῶς trissō̂s threefold, thrice 6
- φαρμακία pharmakía sorcery, witchcraft 6
- φορολόγος phorológos tax collector 6
- φύλαγμα phýlagma thing kept, charge 6
- φύρομαι phýromai be mixed, defiled 6
- χνοῦς chnoûs dust, chaff 6
- χέρσος chérsos dry land, waste 6
- ἀθροίζω athroízō gather, assemble 6
- ἀκονάω akonáō sharpen, whet 6
- ἀκουτίζω akoutízō make to hear 6
- ἀλγέω algéō feel pain, grieve 6
- ἀμαυρός amaurós dim, faint 6
- ἀνακαλέω anakaléō call back, summon 6
- ἀνακρούω anakroúō strike up, push back 6
- ἀναμίγνυμι anamígnymi mix together 6
- ἀνατίθημι anatíthēmi set up, dedicate 6
- ἀναφύω anaphýō grow up, sprout 6
- ἀναὑψόω hanaupsóō exalt, lift up 6
- ἀντιπρόσωπος antiprósōpos facing, opposite 6
- ἀντιἵημι hantiíēmi send against, oppose 6
- ἀπαρτία apartía household goods 6
- ἀποκνίζω apoknízō pinch off, pluck 6
- ἀποποιέω apopoiéō reject, put away 6
- ἀποστάτης apostátēs rebel, apostate 6
- ἀποἀλείφω apoaleíphō wipe off, blot out 6
- ἀποἄρχω apoárchō make a beginning 6
- ἀπάνωθεν apánōthen from above, off 6
- ἄγγος ángos vessel, pail 6
- ἅβρα hábra maidservant 6
- ἐγκατάλειμμα enkatáleimma remnant, remainder 6
- ἐγχώριος enchṓrios native, inhabitant 6
- ἐκζέω ekzéō boil up, swarm 6
- ἐκτήκω ektḗkō melt away, waste 6
- ἐλεάω eleáō show mercy 6
- ἐμπυρισμός empyrismós burning, conflagration 6
- ἐνδόσθια endósthia entrails, innards 6
- ἐνπιστεύω enpisteúō entrust, believe 6
- ἐνπίπρημι enpíprēmi set on fire, burn 6
- ἐξουδένωσις exoudénōsis contempt, scorn 6
- ἐπιφυλλίς epiphyllís gleaning, small grapes 6
- ἐργοδιωκτής ergodiōktḗs taskmaster, overseer 6
- ἐρυσίβη erysíbē blight, mildew 6
- ἐχθραίνω echthraínō be hostile, hate 6
- ἔκλειψις ékleipsis failing, eclipse 6
- ἔνθα éntha where, there 6
- ἔπαρχος éparchos prefect, governor 6
- ἰουδαϊστί ioudaïstí in Hebrew (language) 6
- ἱστός histós loom, web, mast 6
- ὀπτάω optáō roast, bake 6
- ὄμφαξ ómphax unripe grape 6
- ὑγίεια hygíeia health, soundness 6
- ὕφασμα hýphasma woven fabric 6
- ὠθέω ōthéō push, thrust 6
- ῥητίνη rhētínē resin, balm 6
- ῥάσσω rhássō dash, strike down 6
- αὐτομολέω automoléō desert, go over 5
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.