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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 10 times in 9 verses in 'Gen' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 for me, that I dug this well.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it [fn]Sitnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32

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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5

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.’”
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