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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 Box Gen 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:30 - He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up [fn]by filling them with earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 -

Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which [fn]had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, but the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he [fn]called them by the same names by which his father had called them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of [fn]flowing water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they dug another well, and they contended over it also, so he called it [fn]Sitnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not contend over it; so he named it [fn]Rehoboth, and he said, “[fn]At last Yahweh has made [fn]room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 -

So he built an altar there and called upon the name of Yahweh and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug out a well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - Now it happened on that day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug and said to him, “We have found water.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” So now, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 -

“The well, which the leaders dug,

Which the nobles of the people carved out,

With the scepter and with their staffs.”

And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13 - and you shall have a [fn]spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn [fn]to cover up your excrement.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - And they buried him in his own tomb which he had [fn]cut out for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 -

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,

And has fallen into the hole which he made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 -

For dogs have surrounded me;

[fn]A band of evildoers has encompassed me;

[fn]They pierced my hands and my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 -

They have [fn]set a net for my steps;

My soul is bowed down;

They dug a pit before me;

They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 -

That You may grant him calm from the days of calamity,

Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 -

A vile man digs up evil,

And the words on his lips are like scorching fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 -

He who digs a pit will fall into it,

And he who rolls a stone, it will turn back on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22 -

An angry man stirs up strife,

And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 -

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.

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He dug it all around, removed its stones,

And planted it with [fn]the choicest vine.

And He built a tower in the middle of it

And also hewed out a [fn]wine vat in it;

Then He hoped for it to produce good grapes,

But it produced only [fn]worthless ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 -

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,

Who seek Yahweh:

Look to the rock from which you were hewn

And to the [fn]quarry from which you were dug.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 -

“For My people have done two evils:

They have forsaken Me,

The fountain of living waters,

To hew for themselves cisterns,

Broken cisterns

That can hold no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined; it was totally worthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8 - He said to me, “Son of man, now dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall, and behold, an entrance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 - ‘For behold, the stone that I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
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