ὀρύσσω

oryssō · dig

Greek word · Strong’s number G3736 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

oryssō (ὀρύσσω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “dig”.

How to say it

o·rys·sō

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To open a hole in the ground.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 21:33

    Hear another parable. There was a man, a master of a house, who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower, and leased it to tenant farmers and went away on a journey.

  • Matthew 25:18

    But the one who had received the one went away, dug in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

  • Mark 12:1

    And he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenant farmers and went away on a journey.