Gathering glosses...
Gathering glosses...
A free online reader for Ancient Greek and Old English. Click any word for its dictionary entry and word forms; the entry opens next to the text, not in another tab.
Choose Greek, from the New Testament to Plato and Homer, or Old English, from Beowulf to the Gospels.
Tap any word for its lexicon entry, morphology, and context. The entry appears next to the word.
Kevilex tracks what you are learning as you read. Looked-up words can also feed later review.
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Kevilex is a free online reader for Ancient Greek — including Biblical Greek — and Old English. Click any word to see its lexicon entry (from LSJ, Wiktionary, and Clark Hall) and full morphology — its word forms — inline with the text. It covers the complete New Testament (SBLGNT) alongside classical and patristic authors including Plato, Homer, and the Church Fathers, and Old English works including Beowulf and the West-Saxon Gospels, and tracks your vocabulary as you read.
Reviews and walkthroughs from the Ancient Greek community.
Kevilex is built for people who want to read real Greek or Old English, not just study about it.
Move from exercises and vocabulary lists to reading the Greek New Testament with a safety net.
Read authentic Greek texts with the lexicon and morphology inline, instead of stopping every sentence to look up forms. The same tools work for Old English.
Give students a place to keep reading Greek or Old English between lessons, with no setup from you.
Using Kevilex in the classroom| Kevilexthis site — read in your browser | Printed text + dictionarya paper text; look each word up by hand | Interlinear editiona book with the English printed under each Greek word | Graded readersbeginner books written in simplified Greek | Flashcardsmemorizing word lists (e.g. Anki) | |
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| Read real texts (New Testament, Homer, Beowulf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Get help without leaving the page | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Show each word's forms (case, tense) | Yes | Partly | Partly | No | Partly |
| Keep you reading the language, not English | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Read smoothly, without stopping | Yes | No | Partly | Yes | No |
| Build toward reading on your own | Partly | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Learn the basics from scratch | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Ways to read an ancient language
These approaches work together. Kevilex won't teach you the basics — start with a course or graded readers. Once you know some grammar, Kevilex is the one here that lets you read real texts in the language with the dictionary and word forms right beside them.
Pick a text that matches your level and start now. No account needed.
