Strong's Lexicon
G3736
G3736 — ὀρύσσω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3736 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὀρύσσω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | orusso |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ohr-oos'-so |
| Meaning: | 1. to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig |
| KJV Renderings: | dig |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀρύσσω: 1 aorist ὤρυξα; from Homer down; the Sept. for çÈôÇø, ëÈÌøÈä, etc.; to dig: to make τί by digging, Mar 12:1; τί ἐν τίνι, Mat 21:33; equivalent to to make a pit, ἐν τῇ γῆ, Mat 25:18 (here T Tr WH ὤρυξεν γῆν). (Compare: διορύσσω, ἐξορύσσω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὀρύσσω (dig)
Matthew 21:33
- KJV: Hear another parable There was a certain householder which planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and digged a winepress in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country
- GK: άλλην παραβολήν ακούσατε άνθρωπός τις ην οικοδεσπότης όστις εφύτευσεν αμπελώνα και φραγμόν αυτώ περιέθηκε και ώρυξεν εν αυτώ ληνόν και ωκοδόμησε πύργον και εξέδοτο αυτόν γεωργοίς και απεδήμησεν
Matthew 25:18
- KJV: But he that had received one went and digged in the earth and hid his lord’s money
- GK: ο δε το εν λαβών απελθών ώρυξεν εν τη γη και απέκρυψε το αργύριον του κυρίου αυτού
Mark 12:1
- KJV: And he began to speak unto them by parables man planted a vineyard and set an hedge about and digged the winefat and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country
- GK: και ήρξατο αυτοίς εν παραβολαίς λέγειν αμπελώνα εφύτευσεν άνθρωπος και περιέθηκε φραγμόν και ώρυξεν υπολήνιον και ωκοδόμησε πύργον και εξέδοτο αυτόν γεωργοίς και απεδήμησεν