BibleWorks7: Word List Manager (2) - Comparing LXX and NT Vocabulary

In a recent post, I demonstrated how the Word List Manager (WLM) in BibleWorks7 can be used to identify vocabulary that is unique to a particular biblical passage or book. That got me to thinking about really interesting and helpful things that can be done with the WLM, and I offer a video here to show what I mean.
My question is this: How much of the Greek vocabulary of the New Testament overlaps with that of the Septuagint (LXX)? I am not suggesting that every word that occurs in both testaments is necessarily related. Given that the LXX is a significantly larger corpus, and presuming that the NT authors not only directly reference the LXX regularly but also are influenced by it more generally, my guess is that most of the NT lemmas (i.e., dictionary forms) also occur in the LXX. >> How will we go about trying to investigate this inquiry?
Doubtless someone somewhere has done a thorough study of the vocabulary of the Greek New Testament (GNT) in relationship to that of the LXX, but don't you want to take a look at it for yourself? It is quite easy to do so in BW7 using the WLM. This video will show you how. (Click on the graphic to open the 4.6Mb, 3'20" WMV file.)

Here are some numbers from the video generated by the WLM:

• LXX: 13848 lemmas; 623680 total words
• GNT: 5388 lemmas; 138020 total words
• 9898 lemmas in LXX that do not appear in GNT
• 1438 lemmas in GNT that do not appear in LXX; 73% of the GNT lemmas also occur in the LXX

BTW, in the next post, I will show you another, faster way of using the WLM to identify all the GNT words not used in the LXX. (See if you can figure this one out on your own!)
Some quick observations and exercises to explore further the significance of the results:

• The first (most frequent) word on the list of words that appears in the LXX but not the GNT was σαλωμων = Solomon. You probably are thinking, and rightly so, that "Solomon" must surely appear in the NT. So what is going on here? First, look up σαλωμων in the GING(rich) or Fri(berg) lexicon that are included with BW7. (If you have BDAG, you will also note that Codex Sinaiticus regularly spells it Σαλομων. References are provided for further study as well.) Second, look up "Solomon" in the NT using one of the English versions and note the Greek word / spelling that it renders. Now check and see if the GNT spelling occurs in the LXX. You should find one instance in 2 Samuel. Now compare this LXX text with the Hebrew that it translates. What do you note? I suspect that this is an example of the spelling of a transliterated name changing over time, but it is still a bit remarkable that the GNT never uses the spelling that is virtually always used in the LXX.
• I noted on the video that μαθητης is not used in the LXX. According to the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), "In its earliest literary use it [μαθητης] takes on the sense of pupil in analogy to μανθάνω. The oldest instance is in Hdt., 4, 77" which would place it in the 5th century BCE. The verbal root "to learn" (μανθαν*) is used in the LXX, but the concept of a student/disciple apparently never arises or was not a commonly used word during the period when the Hebrew scriptures were being written.
• Another interesting word to check is διακονεω which is not used in the LXX. Conduct a search for διακον* in the LXX, however, and you will get 7 hits of cognate forms. All but one of them appear in books which were composed relatively late. Why is this term so
  infrequent in the LXX? I would need to do further research, but it appears that the LXX preferred other synonyms, so διακον* is a word that became more common later. (Cf. the list in Louw Nida 35.19-35.30.) Or, as TDNT notes, διακον* in its background indicated serving at a table. There just are not that many table-serving settings or opportunities in the OT.
• I also note on the video that σταυρoς does not appear in the LXX. Crucifixion as a form of punishment was not a Jewish practice, though it was practiced by the Persians, Greeks, and others toward the end of the composition of the Hebrew scriptures. Conduct a search in the LXX for σταυρ* forms, and you will get two hits. Is crucifixion such as occurred with Jesus depicted in these texts?