Orýssō — G3736

Definition

verb

to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig

Usually translated as

dig

Origin

apparently a primary verb

Occurrences

Orýssō occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Mark (1)

• Matthew 21:33 — Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged (ὤρυξεν) a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
• Matthew 25:18 — But he that had received one went and digged (ὤρυξεν) in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
• Mark 12:1 — And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged (ὤρυξεν) a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.