Study the Greek Old Testament with Brenton's English translation side by side. The Historic Faith's Septuagint reader gives you token-level interlinear support, Strong's numbers, and morphology detail for every word in the LXX.
The Septuagint (LXX) is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, produced in the third and second centuries BC. It was the Bible of the early church and the version most often quoted by the New Testament authors. This reader pairs the Greek text with Brenton's English translation so you can study the Greek Old Testament even if you are just beginning with the language.
The Greek Septuagint text of Genesis 1 word by word, with Sir Lancelot Brenton’s English, Strong’s numbers, and grammatical parsing for every word.
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This is a sample. Open any book below to read the full Septuagint interlinear chapter by chapter — Greek, Brenton's English, Strong's numbers, and morphology for every word.
Understanding the Greek Old Testament and how it connects to the rest of your Bible study.
The Septuagint is the oldest surviving translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek. Produced in Alexandria for Greek-speaking Jews, it became the standard Old Testament text for the early Christian church and remains foundational for biblical scholarship.
Sir Lancelot Brenton's 1851 translation renders the Septuagint into English directly from the Greek, independent of the Hebrew Masoretic text. On this site, Brenton's text appears alongside the Greek so you can study both at once.
The New Testament authors frequently quoted the Septuagint rather than the Hebrew text. Studying the LXX reveals the vocabulary and phrasing the apostles relied on, making connections between the Testaments visible at the word level.
Tools built into the Septuagint reader that help you move from reading to real word-level study.
Each Greek word appears with its English gloss directly beneath it. Click any token to see its definition, parsing, and connected study data without leaving the page.
Every token is tagged with its Strong's number, so you can trace a Greek word across the entire Septuagint and see how the same root appears in different Old Testament contexts.
See full morphological parsing for each word — tense, voice, mood, case, number, and gender — alongside lexicon definitions, so you can move from translation into grammar.
Popular entry points into the Septuagint reader.
Begin at the beginning. Read the creation account in the Greek of the Septuagint with Brenton's English alongside every word.
The most familiar psalm in the Greek Old Testament. Compare the LXX rendering with the Hebrew tradition you may already know.
The suffering servant passage quoted extensively in the New Testament. See exactly how the LXX renders the prophecy the apostles applied to Christ.
The gateway psalm. Study the Greek vocabulary of blessing, Torah meditation, and the two ways in the Septuagint's own language.
The Septuagint is a Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures made centuries before Christ. Because it was translated rather than copied from the Hebrew, it sometimes differs in wording, verse numbering, and even book order. The New Testament authors most often quoted the Septuagint rather than the Hebrew when they cited the Old Testament.
Yes. Every Greek word in the Septuagint reader is clickable and tagged with a Strong's number, morphology data, and an English gloss. You can trace any word across the LXX and study its grammar directly in the reader.
Yes. Sir Lancelot Brenton's English translation of the Septuagint appears alongside the Greek text in the interlinear view, giving you a readable English rendering that follows the Greek rather than the Hebrew.
Read any book of the Greek Old Testament online — the Law, History, Wisdom, Prophets, and the deuterocanonical books — each with the Brenton English interlinear, Strong's numbers, morphology, and audio.
Hear the Greek Old Testament read aloud chapter by chapter, with the verse you are reading highlighted as it plays — free and available offline. The audio pairs with the Brenton English so you can follow along.
When the apostles quote the Old Testament, they most often follow the Greek Septuagint rather than the Hebrew — Matthew's “virgin,” Hebrews' “body you prepared,” the Gentiles of Acts 15. See every major quotation side by side.