Essential 100 Greek Words

Τὰ ἑκατὸν ῥήματα — The 100 Most Frequent Words in the Greek New Testament

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Did you know? The New Testament contains roughly 138,000 total words spanning about 5,400 unique forms. A remarkably small fraction of these make up the bulk of the text; knowing just the top 100 words accounts for roughly 66% of all Greek New Testament text.

How to use: Click Enable Greek Reading once, then click any Greek word below to hear it pronounced in Modern Greek. The count shows how many times each word appears in the NT.

□ Study Tip: Start with the top 20 words — they appear over 1,000 times each! Master these and you'll recognize nearly 40% of all NT text.

Pronunciation: All words are spoken using Modern Greek pronunciation (the standard for spoken Greek today). The speech engine will use your browser's Greek voice if available.

Next step: Now it is time to go to Exercise Four (4) in your Basic Greek in 30 Minutes A Day (New Testament Greek Workbook for Laymen) by James Found.