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Lexicon :: Strong's G3736 - oryssō

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ὀρύσσω
Transliteration
oryssō (Key)
Pronunciation
or-oos'-so
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a root word
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Strong’s Definitions

ὀρύσσω orýssō, or-oos'-so; apparently a primary verb; to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig:—dig.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3736 in the following manner: dig (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3736 in the following manner: dig (3x).

  1. to dig

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀρύσσω orýssō, or-oos'-so; apparently a primary verb; to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig:—dig.
STRONGS G3736:
ὀρύσσω: 1 aorist ὤρυξα; from Homer down; the Sept. for חָפַר, כָּרָה, etc.; to dig: to make τί by digging, Mark 12:1; τί ἐν τίνι, Matthew 21:33; equivalent to to make a pit, ἐν τῇ γῆ, Matthew 25:18 (here T Tr WH ὤρυξεν γῆν). (Compare: διορύσσω, ἐξορύσσω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:33; 25:18
Mark
12:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3736 matches the Greek ὀρύσσω (oryssō),
which occurs 28 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - And Abraam said, Thou shalt receive the seven ewe-lambs of me, that they may be for me as a witness, that I dug this well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father, the Phylistines stopped them, and filled them with earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the servants of his father Abraam had dug, and the Phylistines had stopped them, after the death of his father Abraam; and he gave them names, according to the names by which his father named them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerara, and they found there a well of living water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - And having departed thence he dug another well, and they strove also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - And he built there an altar, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley of Gerara.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - And it came to pass in that day, that the servants of Isaac came and told him of the well which they had dug; and they said, We have not found water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - My father adjured me, saying, In the sepulchre which I dug for myself in the land of Chanaan, there thou shalt bury me; now then I will go up and bury my father, and return again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - the princes digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in their lordship sank it in the rock: and they went from the well to Manthanain,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13 - (LXX 23:14) and thou shalt have a trowel on thy girdle; and it shall come to pass when thou wouldest relieve thyself abroad, that thou shalt dig with it, and shalt bring back the earth and cover thy nuisance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled it with spices and all kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - (LXX 7:16) He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - (LXX 21:17) For many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - (LXX 56:7) They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it themselves. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - (LXX 93:13) to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 - But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22 - A furious man stirs up strife, and a passionate man digs up sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - And I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine-vat in it: and I waited for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which ye have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which ye have dug.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - For my people has committed two faults, and evil ones: they have forsaken me, the fountain of water of life, and hewn out for themselves broken cisterns, which will not be able to hold water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - So I went to the river Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle out of the place where I had buried it: and, behold, it was rotten, utterly good for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8 - And he said to me, Son of man, dig: so I dug, and behold a door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 - For as for the stone which I have set before the face of Jesus, on the one stone are seven eyes: behold, I am digging a trench, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will search out all the iniquity of that land in one day.
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