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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 replied, "You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father's servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - When Isaac's servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:21 - His servants dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac named it Rehoboth, saying, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - That day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug. "We've found water," they reported.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - 'My father made me swear an oath. He said, "I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan." Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs." And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13 - You must have a spade among your other equipment and when you relieve yourself outside you must dig a hole with the spade and then turn and cover your excrement.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:15 - he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - Yes, wild dogs surround me - a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:6 - They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it! (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 - A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:27 - The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone - it will come back on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:22 - An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - "Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the LORD! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - "Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:8 - He said to me, "Son of man, dig into the wall." So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:9 - As for the stone I have set before Joshua - on the one stone there are seven eyes. I am about to engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD who rules over all, 'to the effect that I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
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