Strong G3736ὀρύσσω
to dig
- Transliteration
- orussō
- Pronunciation
- or-oos'-so
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently a primary verb; to burrow in the ground that is dig: - dig.
Detailed definition
ὀρύσσω
[in LXX chiefly for חָפַר also for כָּרָה, etc.;]
to dig: with accusative, ληνόν, Mat.21:33; ὁπολήνιον, Mrk.12:1; γῆν, Mat.25:18 (cf. δι-, ἐξ-ορύσσω).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for חָפַר also for כָּרָה, etc.;]
to dig: with accusative, ληνόν, Mat.21:33; ὁπολήνιον, Mrk.12:1; γῆν, Mat.25:18 (cf. δι-, ἐξ-ορύσσω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3736 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- digged3
First verses
- Matthew 21:33Hear 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:
- Matthew 25:18But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
- Mark 12:1And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀρύσσω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.305)], Attic dialect ὀρύττω (late present imperative ὄρυγε [Refs (“IG” 12(5).519 (from Seriphos)))]: future ὀρύξω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.341:)]aorist ὤρυξα, Epic dialect ὄρυξα as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.25, +others:)]perfect ὀρώρῠχα (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.19)]: pluperfect ὠρωρύχειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.107)]:—middle, aorist ὠρυξάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1032, etc.:)] —passive, future ὀρυχθήσομαι (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.10, also ὀρῠχήσομαι (κατ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 394 (Elmsl.) and ὀρωρύξομαι 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {ὤρυσσον} (probably))]: aorist ὠρύχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186, etc.)]: perfect ὀρώρυγμαι [Refs ([prev. author] 2.158, etc.)]; in compounds, ὤρυγμαι (κατ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.12 codices, ὑποκατ- 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 3, δι- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 53, etc.))]: pluperfect ὀρωρύγμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118c, also ὠρωρύγμην (δι-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.14.)] —An aorist 2 active ὤρῠγον occurs in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.25)]: passive ὠρύγην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 72.7,673.6 (Egypt, 1st c.AD), (δι-) 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.7, “Geoponica” 4.3.2)], (κατ-) falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.11)]:—dig, ὀρύξομεν ἐγγύθι τάφρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.341; βόθρον ὄρυξα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.25; ἔλυτρον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186; ὀρύγματα [prev. author] 4.200; ταῖς ὁπλαῖς εὐνάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 605; ὑπόνομον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76: _absolutely_, ὤρυσσον ὑπὸ μαστίγων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.22; ἐὰν ὀρύξῃ τις παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 933b33)]:—middle, δεξαμενὰς ὀρύξασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.9:)] —passive, ὀρώρυκται (i.e. ἡ διῶρυξ) [Refs ([prev. author] 2.158)]; τὸ ὀρυχθέν, ={τὸ ὄρυγμα}, the trench, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.186.)]
II dig up, [μῶλυ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.305; κυκλάμινον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.123:)]middle, λίθους ὠρύξατο had stones dug or quarried, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186:)] —passive, ὁ ὀρυσσόμενος χοῦς the soil that was dug up,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 185; ὑπὸ μεταλλείας ὀρύττεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 114e.)]
III dig through, i. e. make a canal through (like διορύσσειν), τὸν ἰσθμὸν ὀ. Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.174; τὸ χωρίον ὀρώρυκτο [prev. author] 1.186)]; of moles, burrow, either absolutely, as [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 606a2)]; or γῆν ὀ., [Refs ([prev. author] “Mir.” 842b4.)]
IV bury, ἔγχος.. γαίας ὀρύξας ἔνθα μήτις ὄψεται (where γαίας depends on ἔνθα) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 659, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.2.)]
V of a wrestler, dig into, gouge a tender part, τὠφθαλμώ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 442, compare “Pax” 899, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.25)]; gouge out, ὀφθαλμὸν ὤρυττέν τις ὥσπερ ἰχθύος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 119.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.305)], Attic dialect ὀρύττω (late present imperative ὄρυγε [Refs (“IG” 12(5).519 (from Seriphos)))]: future ὀρύξω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.341:)]aorist ὤρυξα, Epic dialect ὄρυξα as always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.25, +others:)]perfect ὀρώρῠχα (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.19)]: pluperfect ὠρωρύχειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.107)]:—middle, aorist ὠρυξάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1032, etc.:)] —passive, future ὀρυχθήσομαι (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.10, also ὀρῠχήσομαι (κατ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 394 (Elmsl.) and ὀρωρύξομαι 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {ὤρυσσον} (probably))]: aorist ὠρύχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186, etc.)]: perfect ὀρώρυγμαι [Refs ([prev. author] 2.158, etc.)]; in compounds, ὤρυγμαι (κατ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.12 codices, ὑποκατ- 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 3, δι- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 53, etc.))]: pluperfect ὀρωρύγμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 118c, also ὠρωρύγμην (δι-) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.14.)] —An aorist 2 active ὤρῠγον occurs in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.25)]: passive ὠρύγην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 72.7,673.6 (Egypt, 1st c.AD), (δι-) 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.7, “Geoponica” 4.3.2)], (κατ-) falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.11)]:—dig, ὀρύξομεν ἐγγύθι τάφρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.341; βόθρον ὄρυξα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.25; ἔλυτρον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186; ὀρύγματα [prev. author] 4.200; ταῖς ὁπλαῖς εὐνάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 605; ὑπόνομον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76: _absolutely_, ὤρυσσον ὑπὸ μαστίγων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.22; ἐὰν ὀρύξῃ τις παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 933b33)]:—middle, δεξαμενὰς ὀρύξασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.9:)] —passive, ὀρώρυκται (i.e. ἡ διῶρυξ) [Refs ([prev. author] 2.158)]; τὸ ὀρυχθέν, ={τὸ ὄρυγμα}, the trench, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.186.)]
II dig up, [μῶλυ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.305; κυκλάμινον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.123:)]middle, λίθους ὠρύξατο had stones dug or quarried, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186:)] —passive, ὁ ὀρυσσόμενος χοῦς the soil that was dug up,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 185; ὑπὸ μεταλλείας ὀρύττεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 114e.)]
III dig through, i. e. make a canal through (like διορύσσειν), τὸν ἰσθμὸν ὀ. Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.174; τὸ χωρίον ὀρώρυκτο [prev. author] 1.186)]; of moles, burrow, either absolutely, as [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 606a2)]; or γῆν ὀ., [Refs ([prev. author] “Mir.” 842b4.)]
IV bury, ἔγχος.. γαίας ὀρύξας ἔνθα μήτις ὄψεται (where γαίας depends on ἔνθα) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 659, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.2.)]
V of a wrestler, dig into, gouge a tender part, τὠφθαλμώ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 442, compare “Pax” 899, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.25)]; gouge out, ὀφθαλμὸν ὤρυττέν τις ὥσπερ ἰχθύος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 119.)]