Orussō ὀρύσσω

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Orussō
ὀρύσσω
Transliterationorussō
Strong's numberG3736
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto dig
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (2)

Orussō (Greek ὀρύσσω, Strong's G3736) is a Greek verb meaning “to dig”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdigged (3)
BSBdug (2), dug a hole (1)

Verses

Every verse with Orussō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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