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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 -

He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from me so that this act[fn] will serve as my witness that I dug this well.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 -

Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with dirt.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 -

Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and that the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. He gave them the same names his father had given them.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 -

Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of spring[fn] water there.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 -

Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also, so he named it Sitnah.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 -

He moved from there and dug another, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth[fn] and said, “For now the LORD has made space for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 -

So he built an altar there, called on the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there. Isaac’s servants also dug a well there.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 -

On that same day Isaac’s servants came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, “We have found water! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 -

“my father made me take an oath, saying, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me there in the tomb that I made for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father. Then I will return.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 -

The princes dug the well;

the nobles of the people hollowed it out

with a scepter and with their staffs.

They went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13 -

“You are to have a digging tool in your equipment; when you relieve yourself, dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 -

He was buried in his own tomb that he had made for himself in the city of David. They laid him out in a coffin that was full of spices and various mixtures of prepared ointments; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 -

He dug a pit and hollowed it out

but fell into the hole he had made.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 -

For dogs have surrounded me;

a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;

they pierced[fn] my hands and my feet.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 -

They prepared a net for my steps;

I was despondent.

They dug a pit ahead of me,

but they fell into it!Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 -

to give him relief from troubled times

until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 -

A worthless person digs up evil,

and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 -

The one who digs a pit will fall into it,

and whoever rolls a stone —

it will come back on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22 -

An angry person stirs up conflict,

and a hot-tempered one[fn] increases rebellion.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 -

The one who digs a pit may fall into it,

and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 -

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,

and planted it with the finest vines.

He built a tower in the middle of it

and even dug out a winepress there.

He expected it to yield good grapes,

but it yielded worthless grapes.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 -

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,

you who seek the LORD:

Look to the rock from which you were cut,

and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 -

For my people have committed a double evil:

They have abandoned me,

the fountain of living water,

and dug cisterns for themselves ​— ​

cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 -

So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined ​— ​of no use at all.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8 -

He said to me, “Son of man, dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 -

“Notice the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave an inscription on it” ​— ​this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies ​— ​“and I will take away the iniquity of this land in a single day.

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