Strong's Lexicon
G4626 — σκάπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4626 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σκάπτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | skapto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | skap'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to dig |
| KJV Renderings: | dig |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκάπτω; 1 aorist ἐσκαψα; (allied with it are English ’ship’, ’skiff’, etc.; Curtius, § 109; Fick 4:267; 7:336); to dig: Luk 6:48 (on which see βαθύνω); (Buttmann, § 130, 5); . ((Homer h. Merc.); Aristophanes, Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus, others) (Compare: κατασκάπτω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σκάπτω (dig)
Luke 6:48
- KJV: He is like a man which built an house and digged deep and laid the foundation on a rock and when the flood arose the stream beat vehemently upon that house and could not shake it for it was founded upon a rock
- GK: όμοιός εστιν ανθρώπω οικοδομούντι οικίαν ος έσκαψε και εβάθυνε και έθηκε θεμέλιον επί την πέτραν πλημμύρας δε γενομένης προσέρρηξεν ο ποταμός τη οικία εκείνη και ουκ ίσχυσε σαλεύσαι αυτήν τεθεμελίωτο γαρ επί την πέτραν
Luke 13:8
- KJV: And he answering said unto him Lord let it alone this year also till I shall dig about it and dung
- GK: ο δε αποκριθείς λέγει αυτώ κύριε άφες αυτήν και τούτο το έτος έως ότου σκάψω περί αυτήν και βάλω κοπρία
Luke 16:3
- KJV: Then the steward said within himself What shall I do for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship I cannot dig to beg I am ashamed
- GK: είπε δε εν εαυτώ ο οικονόμος τι ποιήσω ότι ο κύριός μου αφαιρείται την οικονομίαν απ΄ εμού σκάπτειν ουκ ισχύω επαιτείν αισχύνομαι
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