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.
- αὐχμώδης auchmṓdēs dry, squalid 5
- γλυκαίνω glykaínō sweeten, be sweet 5
- γρηγορέω grēgoréō be watchful, awake 5
- δαλός dalós firebrand, brand 5
- διαβούλιον diaboúlion counsel, purpose 5
- διαμέτρησις diamétrēsis measuring out 5
- διατριβή diatribḗ delay, way of life 5
- διατρέπω diatrépō turn away, shame 5
- διατήρησις diatḗrēsis keeping, preservation 5
- διωστήρ diōstḗr carrying-pole, bar 5
- δολιότης doliótēs deceitfulness 5
- δρομεύς dromeús runner, courier 5
- εὐαγγελία euangelía good news, reward 5
- θαυμαστόω thaumastóō make wonderful 5
- καθαριότης kathariótēs cleanness, purity 5
- καταδεικνύω katadeiknýō show plainly, reveal 5
- καταδυναστεία katadynasteía oppression 5
- καταεὐοδόω kataeuodóō prosper greatly 5
- καταλοχισμός katalochismós genealogical register 5
- καταμερίζω katamerízō divide, distribute 5
- καταπαίζω katapaízō mock, deride 5
- καταστενάζω katastenázō groan, lament 5
- καταῥήγνυμι katarhḗgnymi break down, tear 5
- κατοίκος katoíkos inhabitant, dweller 5
- κατώτατος katṓtatos lowest, deepest 5
- κλαυθμών klauthmṓn weeping, place of tears 5
- κνήμη knḗmē leg, shin 5
- κολόκυνθα kolókyntha gourd plant 5
- κοῖλος koîlos hollow 5
- κτείνω kteínō kill, slay 5
- κάμπη kámpē caterpillar 5
- κίων kíōn pillar, column 5
- κόρη kórē pupil (of eye), girl 5
- κύκλωμα kýklōma circuit, surrounding 5
- λαμπάδιον lampádion little lamp 5
- λείχω leíchō lick 5
- λυπηρός lypērós painful, grievous 5
- λέξις léxis word, speech 5
- μακροημερεύω makroēmereúō live long 5
- μαλακίζομαι malakízomai be sick, faint 5
- μαν man manna 5
- ματαίως mataíōs in vain, vainly 5
- μνησικακέω mnēsikakéō bear a grudge 5
- μάντις mántis diviner, seer 5
- μέλισσα mélissa bee 5
- ναρκάω narkáō grow numb 5
- νεβρός nebrós fawn 5
- νεομηνία neomēnía new moon, new month 5
- νευροκοπέω neurokopéō hamstring 5
- νοσσεύω nosseúō nest, hatch 5
- ξυλοκόπος xylokópos woodcutter 5
- πειρατήριον peiratḗrion trial, band of raiders 5
- περισκελής periskelḗs around the legs 5
- περιστόμιον peristómion opening, collar 5
- πετάννυμι petánnymi spread out, open 5
- πλατυσμός platysmós broad place, relief 5
- πλινθεία plintheía brickmaking 5
- ποικιλία poikilía variety, embroidery 5
- προςνοέω prosnoéō give heed to 5
- προστάτης prostátēs ruler, leader 5
- πυρρίζω pyrrízō be reddish 5
- πάσσω pássō sprinkle, strew 5
- πάχνη páchnē frost 5
- πέλτη péltē small shield 5
- πένομαι pénomai be poor, toil 5
- σκοτάζω skotázō grow dark 5
- σκῶλον skō̂lon thorn, stake 5
- σμικρύνω smikrýnō make small, diminish 5
- σταφίς staphís raisin, dried grape 5
- στεγάζω stegázō cover, roof 5
- στοιβάζω stoibázō pile up, stow 5
- συκοφαντία sykophantía extortion, slander 5
- συνσείω synseíō shake violently 5
- συντριμμός syntrimmós destruction, ruin 5
- σφενδόνη sphendónē sling 5
- σφάλλω sphállō trip up, cause to fall 5
- σχοῖνος schoînos reed, rush; cord 5
- τεσσαρακοστός tessarakostós fortieth 5
- τοπαρχής toparchḗs district ruler 5
- τρισκαίδεκα triskaídeka thirteen 5
- φρύαγμα phrýagma arrogance, neighing 5
- χρυσοχόος chrysochóos goldsmith 5
- χάλκειος chálkeios of bronze, copper 5
- χύτρα chýtra earthen pot 5
- χώνευμα chṓneuma molten image 5
- ἀγχιστεία anchisteía right of kinship, redemption 5
- ἀδολεσχία adoleschía musing, talk 5
- ἀκρωτήριον akrōtḗrion extremity, headland 5
- ἀνυπόδετος anypódetos unshod, barefoot 5
- ἀνήκοος anḗkoos disobedient 5
- ἀποκεντέω apokentéō stab, pierce through 5
- ἀποξηραίνω apoxēraínō dry up, wither 5
- ἀπόδομα apódoma payment, requital 5
- ἀργυρώνητος argyrṓnētos bought with money 5
- ἀράχνη aráchnē spider, cobweb 5
- ἀσπιδίσκη aspidískē small shield, boss 5
- ἄγρωστις ágrōstis grass, herbage 5
- ἄωρος áōros untimely, premature 5
- ἐγχειρίδιον encheirídion dagger, knife 5
- ἐκγελάω ekgeláō laugh aloud, deride 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.