verb
orussamō
Strong’sG3736
I dig, dig out
stem oruss-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ὀρύσσω,
[in LXX chiefly for חפר, also for כּרה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3736 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidor-oos'-so
to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig
Fromapparently a primary verb;
King Jamesdig.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Refs 8th c.BC+, Attic dialect ὀρύττω (late present imperative ὄρυγε Refs: future ὀρύξω Refs 8th c.BC+aorist ὤρυξα, Epic dialect ὄρυξα as always in Refs 8th c.BC+perfect ὀρώρῠχα (κατ-) Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ὠρωρύχειν Refs 2nd c.AD+:—middle, aorist ὠρυξάμην Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, future ὀρυχθήσομαι (κατ-) Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ὠρύχθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect ὀρώρυγμαι Refs; in compounds, ὤρυγμαι (κατ- Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ὀρωρύγμην Refs 5th c.BC+ —An aorist 2 active ὤρῠγον occurs in Refs 2nd c.AD+: passive ὠρύγην Refs 1st c.AD+, (κατ-) falsa lectio in Refs 5th c.BC+:—dig, ὀρύξομεν ἐγγύθι τάφρον Refs 8th c.BC+:—middle, δεξαμενὰς ὀρύξασθαι Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, ὀρώρυκται (i.e. ἡ διῶρυξ) Refs; τὸ ὀρυχθέν, ={τὸ ὄρυγμα}, the trench, Refs
II dig up, [μῶλυ] Refs 8th c.BC+middle, λίθους ὠρύξατο had stones dug or quarried, Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, ὁ ὀρυσσόμενος χοῦς the soil that was dug up,Refs 5th c.BC+
III dig through, i. e. make a canal through (like διορύσσειν), τὸν ἰσθμὸν ὀ. Oracle texts cited in Refs 5th c.BC+; of moles, burrow, either absolutely, as Refs 4th c.BC+; or γῆν ὀ., Refs
IV bury, ἔγχος.. γαίας ὀρύξας ἔνθα μήτις ὄψεται (where γαίας depends on ἔνθα) Refs 5th c.BC+
V of a wrestler, dig into, gouge a tender part, τὠφθαλμώ Refs 5th c.BC+; gouge out, ὀφθαλμὸν ὤρυττέν τις ὥσπερ ἰχθύος Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| orussataὤρυξεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | dug | 3× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | orussamō | orussame | orussami | orussama | orussamē | orussamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | orussasō | orussase | orussasi | orussasa | orussasē | orussaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | orussatō | orussate | orussati | orussata3×ὤρυξεν | orussatē | orussatelē |
| we 1st person plural | orussanō | orussane | orussani | orussana | orussanē | orussanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | orussavō | orussave | orussavi | orussava | orussavē | orussavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | orussalō | orussale | orussali | orussala | orussalē | orussalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | orussameiō | orussameia | orussameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | orussaseiō | orussaseia | orussaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | orussateiō | orussateia | orussateiē |
| we 1st person plural | orussaneiō | orussaneia | orussaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | orussaveiō | orussaveia | orussaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | orussaleiō | orussaleia | orussaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | orussasōr | orussasar | orussasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | orussatōr | orussatar | orussatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | orussavōr | orussavar | orussavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | orussalōr | orussalar | orussalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | orussamoiō | orussamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | orussasoiō | orussasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | orussatoiō | orussatoia |
| we 1st person plural | orussanoiō | orussanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | orussavoiō | orussavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | orussaloiō | orussaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | orussarō | orussari | orussara | orussarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | orussarōntos | orussarintos | orussarantos | orussarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
oruss is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
orussata“dug”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular3×
Matthew 21:33… ampelōnon kai fragmon auto peritithata kai orussata en auto lēnan kai oikodomata purgon, …… He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built …
Matthew 25:18tos de tem henem labarantos apercharantos orussata gēan kai kruptata tem arguriem tou …… received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and …
Mark 12:1… anthrōpos futeuata, kai peritithata fragmon kai orussata hupolēniem kai oikodomata purgon, kai ekdōeta …… He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a …