Greek New Testament

Complete Greek vocabulary with morphological parsing, Strong's numbers, and optimized reading orders.

Books

78,419

Total Tokens

5,349

Unique Lemmas

Luke

Optimal Starting Book

Optimized Reading Order Analysis

Both strategies start with Luke, which covers 2,038 unique lemmas (38.1% of the total Greek NT vocabulary) and has the highest overlap with the most frequent words across the corpus.

  Key insight: By reading Luke first, you learn vocabulary
  that recurs throughout the entire Greek NT — giving you maximum
  return on your study investment from day one.

A Strategy A — Minimal New Vocabulary

At each step, pick the book that introduces the fewest new lemmas. This keeps vocabulary growth as gradual as possible.

#↕	Book↕	Unique Lemmas↕	New Lemmas↕	Cumulative↕	% of Total Vocabulary↕	% Already Known↕
1	Luke	2,038	2,038	2,038	38.1%	0.0%
2	2 John	96	6	2,044	38.2%	93.8%
3	3 John	108	16	2,060	38.5%	85.2%
4	1 John	238	37	2,097	39.2%	84.5%
5	Philemon	141	35	2,132	39.9%	75.2%
6	2 Thessalonians	252	52	2,184	40.8%	79.4%
7	Jude	226	65	2,249	42.0%	71.2%
8	1 Thessalonians	362	76	2,325	43.5%	79.0%
9	Titus	301	102	2,427	45.4%	66.1%
10	2 Peter	397	117	2,544	47.6%	70.5%
11	Colossians	433	112	2,656	49.6%	74.1%
12	Ephesians	530	104	2,760	51.6%	80.4%
13	Philippians	448	94	2,854	53.4%	79.0%
14	Galatians	520	96	2,950	55.1%	81.5%
15	2 Timothy	456	123	3,073	57.5%	73.0%
16	James	556	121	3,194	59.7%	78.2%
17	1 Peter	543	119	3,313	61.9%	78.1%
18	1 Timothy	538	113	3,426	64.0%	79.0%
19	2 Corinthians	785	158	3,584	67.0%	79.9%
20	1 Corinthians	956	160	3,744	70.0%	83.3%
21	Romans	1,060	179	3,923	73.3%	83.1%
22	John	1,023	183	4,106	76.8%	82.1%
23	Revelation	911	172	4,278	80.0%	81.1%
24	Mark	1,355	183	4,461	83.4%	86.5%
25	Matthew	1,685	167	4,628	86.5%	90.1%
26	Hebrews	1,032	175	4,803	89.8%	83.0%
27	Acts	2,023	546	5,349	100.0%	73.0%

  Steepest step: #27 Acts
  — 546 new lemmas
  (73.01% already known)

  Easiest step: #2 2 John
  — 6 new lemmas
  (93.75% already known)

B Strategy B — Maximum Readability

At each step, pick the book where you already know the highest percentage of its vocabulary. This maximizes comprehension at each step.

#↕	Book↕	Unique Lemmas↕	New Lemmas↕	Cumulative↕	% of Total Vocabulary↕	% Already Known↕
1	Luke	2,038	2,038	2,038	38.1%	0.0%
2	2 John	96	6	2,044	38.2%	93.8%
3	3 John	108	16	2,060	38.5%	85.2%
4	1 John	238	37	2,097	39.2%	84.5%
5	2 Thessalonians	252	55	2,152	40.2%	78.2%
6	1 Thessalonians	362	82	2,234	41.8%	77.3%
7	Philemon	141	30	2,264	42.3%	78.7%
8	Mark	1,355	348	2,612	48.8%	74.3%
9	Matthew	1,685	265	2,877	53.8%	84.3%
10	John	1,023	186	3,063	57.3%	81.8%
11	Jude	226	44	3,107	58.1%	80.5%
12	Galatians	520	115	3,222	60.2%	77.9%
13	Colossians	433	87	3,309	61.9%	79.9%
14	Ephesians	530	94	3,403	63.6%	82.3%
15	Philippians	448	82	3,485	65.2%	81.7%
16	1 Corinthians	956	184	3,669	68.6%	80.8%
17	Revelation	911	167	3,836	71.7%	81.7%
18	James	556	96	3,932	73.5%	82.7%
19	1 Peter	543	96	4,028	75.3%	82.3%
20	2 Corinthians	785	133	4,161	77.8%	83.1%
21	Romans	1,060	175	4,336	81.1%	83.5%
22	Titus	301	53	4,389	82.0%	82.4%
23	2 Peter	397	70	4,459	83.4%	82.4%
24	Hebrews	1,032	186	4,645	86.8%	82.0%
25	1 Timothy	538	89	4,734	88.5%	83.5%
26	2 Timothy	456	69	4,803	89.8%	84.9%
27	Acts	2,023	546	5,349	100.0%	73.0%

  Steepest step: #27 Acts
  — 546 new lemmas
  (73.01% already known)

  Easiest step: #2 2 John
  — 6 new lemmas
  (93.75% already known)

Downloads

Master Files

All Tokens (Canonical Order) — 78,419 rows, every word occurrence
Unique Lemmas (Canonical Order) — 5,349 rows, first occurrence of each lemma

Optimized Master Files

Strategy A: All Tokens · Unique Lemmas · Summary CSV
Strategy B: All Tokens · Unique Lemmas · Summary CSV
Reports: Strategy A Report · Strategy B Report

Original Dataset Downloads

The original datasets from the initial release, including the Greek for Life reading order:

Per-Book Files (Canonical Order)

Each book is available as a full token list and a unique-lemma list.

Show 27 book downloads

Book	Tokens	Unique Lemmas	Download
Matthew	9,985	1,685	Full Unique
Mark	6,227	1,355	Full Unique
Luke	10,720	2,038	Full Unique
John	7,558	1,023	Full Unique
Acts	11,125	2,023	Full Unique
Romans	4,029	1,060	Full Unique
1 Corinthians	3,885	956	Full Unique
2 Corinthians	2,696	785	Full Unique
Galatians	1,433	520	Full Unique
Ephesians	1,432	530	Full Unique
Philippians	1,008	448	Full Unique
Colossians	944	433	Full Unique
1 Thessalonians	904	362	Full Unique
2 Thessalonians	513	252	Full Unique
1 Timothy	1,179	538	Full Unique
2 Timothy	872	456	Full Unique
Titus	509	301	Full Unique
Philemon	212	141	Full Unique
Hebrews	3,323	1,032	Full Unique
James	1,151	556	Full Unique
1 Peter	1,182	543	Full Unique
2 Peter	755	397	Full Unique
1 John	965	238	Full Unique
2 John	158	96	Full Unique
3 John	160	108	Full Unique
Jude	316	226	Full Unique
Revelation	5,178	911	Full Unique

Optimized Reading Order Files

Per-book files in optimized order. Each book includes Full (all tokens), Unique (first occurrence per lemma), and New (lemmas not seen in earlier books).

Strategy A — 27 book downloads

#	Book	New Lemmas	Download
1	Luke	2,038	Full Unique New
2	2 John	6	Full Unique New
3	3 John	16	Full Unique New
4	1 John	37	Full Unique New
5	Philemon	35	Full Unique New
6	2 Thessalonians	52	Full Unique New
7	Jude	65	Full Unique New
8	1 Thessalonians	76	Full Unique New
9	Titus	102	Full Unique New
10	2 Peter	117	Full Unique New
11	Colossians	112	Full Unique New
12	Ephesians	104	Full Unique New
13	Philippians	94	Full Unique New
14	Galatians	96	Full Unique New
15	2 Timothy	123	Full Unique New
16	James	121	Full Unique New
17	1 Peter	119	Full Unique New
18	1 Timothy	113	Full Unique New
19	2 Corinthians	158	Full Unique New
20	1 Corinthians	160	Full Unique New
21	Romans	179	Full Unique New
22	John	183	Full Unique New
23	Revelation	172	Full Unique New
24	Mark	183	Full Unique New
25	Matthew	167	Full Unique New
26	Hebrews	175	Full Unique New
27	Acts	546	Full Unique New

Strategy B — 27 book downloads

#	Book	New Lemmas	Download
1	Luke	2,038	Full Unique New
2	2 John	6	Full Unique New
3	3 John	16	Full Unique New
4	1 John	37	Full Unique New
5	2 Thessalonians	55	Full Unique New
6	1 Thessalonians	82	Full Unique New
7	Philemon	30	Full Unique New
8	Mark	348	Full Unique New
9	Matthew	265	Full Unique New
10	John	186	Full Unique New
11	Jude	44	Full Unique New
12	Galatians	115	Full Unique New
13	Colossians	87	Full Unique New
14	Ephesians	94	Full Unique New
15	Philippians	82	Full Unique New
16	1 Corinthians	184	Full Unique New
17	Revelation	167	Full Unique New
18	James	96	Full Unique New
19	1 Peter	96	Full Unique New
20	2 Corinthians	133	Full Unique New
21	Romans	175	Full Unique New
22	Titus	53	Full Unique New
23	2 Peter	70	Full Unique New
24	Hebrews	186	Full Unique New
25	1 Timothy	89	Full Unique New
26	2 Timothy	69	Full Unique New
27	Acts	546	Full Unique New