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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 said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness for me, that I dug this well.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up [fn]by filling them with dirt.
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, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he [fn]gave them the same names which his father had [fn]given them.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of [fn]flowing water,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it [fn]Sitnah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it [fn]Rehoboth, for he said, “[fn]At last the LORD has made [fn]room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - Now it came about on the same 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.”
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.” Now then, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 -

“The well, which the leaders dug,

Which the nobles of the people hollowed out,

With the scepter and with their staffs.”

And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah,

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 and cover up your excrement.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried him in his own tomb which he had 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 -

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,

And has fallen into the hole which he made.

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 -

They have prepared 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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 -

So that You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,

Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 -

A worthless person digs up evil,

While [fn]his words are like scorching fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 -

One who digs a pit will fall into it,

And one who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22 -

An angry person stirs up strife,

And a hot-tempered person abounds in wrongdoing.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 -

He dug it all around, cleared it of stones,

And planted it with [fn]the choicest vine.

And He built a tower in the middle of it,

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

Then He expected it to produce good grapes,

But it produced only [fn]worthless ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 -

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,

Who seek the LORD:

Look to the rock from which you were cut,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 -

“For My people have committed two evils:

They have abandoned Me,

The fountain of living waters,

To carve out for themselves cisterns,

Broken cisterns

That do not hold water.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the undergarment from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the undergarment was ruined, it was completely useless.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8 - And He said to me, “Son of man, now dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall, and behold, an entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 - ‘For behold, the stone that I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I am going to engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the LORD of armies, ‘and I will remove the guilt of that land in one day.
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