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verb

Greekὀρύσσω (orussō)
Biblang

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.;]

to dig: c. acc., ληνόν, Mt 21:33; ὑπολήνιον, Mk 12:1; γῆν, Mt 25:18 (cf. δι-, ἐξ-ορύσσω).†

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
ὀρύσσω,
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.

dug3×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
orussataὤρυξενhappened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singulardug3×

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 personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularorussamōorussameorussamiorussamaorussamēorussamelē
you 2nd person singularorussasōorussaseorussasiorussasaorussasēorussaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularorussatōorussateorussatiorussata3×ὤρυξενorussatēorussatelē
we 1st person pluralorussanōorussaneorussaniorussanaorussanēorussanelē
ye 2nd person pluralorussavōorussaveorussaviorussavaorussavēorussavelē
they 3rd person pluralorussalōorussaleorussaliorussalaorussalēorussalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularorussameiōorussameiaorussameiē
you 2nd person singularorussaseiōorussaseiaorussaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularorussateiōorussateiaorussateiē
we 1st person pluralorussaneiōorussaneiaorussaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralorussaveiōorussaveiaorussaveiē
they 3rd person pluralorussaleiōorussaleiaorussaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularorussasōrorussasarorussasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularorussatōrorussatarorussatēr
ye 2nd person pluralorussavōrorussavarorussavēr
they 3rd person pluralorussalōrorussalarorussalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularorussamoiōorussamoia
you 2nd person singularorussasoiōorussasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularorussatoiōorussatoia
we 1st person pluralorussanoiōorussanoia
ye 2nd person pluralorussavoiōorussavoia
they 3rd person pluralorussaloiōorussaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceorussarōorussariorussaraorussarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceorussarōntosorussarintosorussarantosorussarēntos

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
orussstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

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 …