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DIG

(qur, "to dig", chathar; diorusso, "to dig through"): "I have digged (dug) and drunk strange waters" (2 Kings 19:24). In his campaigns on foreign soil, where the enemy had stopped up the watersprings, Sennacherib would at once dig fresh wells for his armies. "They dig through houses" (Job 24:16 Matthew 6:19, 20 margin). Walls of eastern houses are often made of mud or clay, and frequently have no windows; and as the threshold of a Syrian house is sacred, the thief breaks in through the wall (see Trumbull, The Threshold Covenant).

M. O. Evans

Greek

3736. orusso -- to dig
... to dig. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: orusso Phonetic Spelling:
(or-oos'-so) Short Definition: I dig, dig out Definition: I dig, dig out, excavate. ...
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4626. skapto -- to dig
... skapto. 4627 . to dig. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: skapto Phonetic Spelling:
(skap'-to) Short Definition: I dig Definition: I dig, excavate. ...
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2679. kataskapto -- to dig down
... to dig down. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kataskapto Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-as-kap'-to) Short Definition: I dig down under, demolish Definition: I dig ...
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1846. exorusso -- to dig out or up
... to dig out or up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: exorusso Phonetic Spelling:
(ex-or-oos'-so) Short Definition: I dig out, gouge Definition: (a) I dig out ...
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1358. diorusso -- to dig through (as of breaking into a house)
... to dig through (as of breaking into a house). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
diorusso Phonetic Spelling: (dee-or-oos'-so) Short Definition: I dig through ...
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3001. lachanon -- a garden herb, a vegetable
... Word Origin from lachaino (to dig) Definition a garden herb, a vegetable NASB
Word Usage garden herb (1), garden plants (2), vegetables (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2864. chathar -- to dig, row
... 2863, 2864. chathar. 2865 . to dig, row. Transliteration: chathar Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-thar') Short Definition: dig. Word Origin a prim. ...
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2658. chaphar -- to dig, search for
... chaphar. 2659 . to dig, search for. Transliteration: chaphar Phonetic Spelling:
(khaw-far') Short Definition: dug. Word Origin a prim. ... dig, paw, search out, seek ...
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3738. karah -- to dig
... 3737, 3738. karah. 3738a . to dig. Transliteration: karah Phonetic Spelling:
(kaw-raw') Short Definition: dig. dig, make a banquet, open ...
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6979. qur -- to bore, dig
... qur. 6980 . to bore, dig. Transliteration: qur Phonetic Spelling: (koor) Short
Definition: dug. ... root Definition to bore, dig NASB Word Usage dug (2). ...
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1770. dig -- to fish for, catch
... 1769, 1770. dig. 1771 . to fish for, catch. Transliteration: dig Phonetic Spelling:
(deeg) Short Definition: fish. ... 1769, 1770. dig. 1771 . Strong's Numbers
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5365. naqar -- to bore, pick, dig
... 5364, 5365. naqar. 5366 . to bore, pick, dig. Transliteration: naqar Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-kar') Short Definition: dug. ... dig, pick out, pierce, put thrust ...
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3738a. karah -- to dig
... karah. 3738b . to dig. Transliteration: karah Short Definition: dug. ... root Definition
to dig NASB Word Usage cut (1), digs (3), dug (9), opened (1). ...
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3564b. kur -- perhaps to bore, dig or hew
... kur. 3565 . perhaps to bore, dig or hew. Transliteration: kur Short Definition:
pierced. ... root Definition perhaps to bore, dig or hew NASB Word Usage pierced (1 ...
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5823. azaq -- to dig about
... to dig about. Transliteration: azaq Phonetic Spelling: (aw-zak') Short Definition:
around. ... root Definition to dig about NASB Word Usage dug it all around (1). ...
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2672. chatsab -- to hew, hew out, cleave
... root Definition to hew, hew out, cleave NASB Word Usage chops (1), cut in pieces
(1), dig (2), engraved (1), hew (2), hewed (2), hewers (1), hewn (5), hewn ...
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Library

Go and Dig My Grave Today!
... V. Go and dig my grave today! 7,7,7,7,7,7 Geht nun hin und grabt mein Grab. ... by Catherine
Winkworth, 1855. Go and dig my grave today! Weary of my wanderings all,. ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/v go and dig my.htm

Whether Theft is Always a Sin?
... there are that were never in anyone's possession, for instance precious stones and
jewels, found on the seashore, and such the finder is allowed to keep [*Dig. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether theft is always a.htm

The Seventh Commandment
... Son of man, dig in the wall; and when I had digged, behold a door; and he said,
Go in and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.' Ezekiel 8:8, 9 ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 7 the seventh commandment.htm

"Love and I" --A Mystery
... It is a soil into which one may dig and dig as deep as ever you will, and
still never exhaust the golden nuggets which lie within it. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 28 1882/love and ia mystery.htm

Hindrances to Holiness.
... That little thing would not hinder, it is so long ago." They would not, when
they knew they ought, dig it up and burn it before the Lord. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/booth/godliness/chapter xi hindrances to holiness.htm

The Little Foxes.
... If you will take the pains to dig him up, you will find his nest some where
beyond the end of your present consecration. It will ...
/.../orr/food for the lambs or helps for young christians/the little foxes.htm

"Make this Valley Full of Ditches. " 2 Kings, iii. , 16
... water. Do we hear some say, "There are so many among us who will not dig?"
Just so, and therefore some of us must dig night and day. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xvii make this valley full.htm

God's Scrutiny Longed For
... It means to dig deep. ... 'Search me'"dig into me, bring the deep-lying parts to
light"'and know my heart'; the centre of my personality, my inmost self. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/gods scrutiny longed for.htm

Concerning what is in Our Own Power, that Is, Concerning Free-Will ...
... finds a treasure while digging a ditch [1876] : for the man who hid the treasure
did not do so that the other might find it, nor did the finder dig with the ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xxv concerning what is in.htm

Fences and Serpents
... on the cunning plotter against other men's prosperity, and the conclusion that wisdom
suggests in that application of the sentence is, 'Dig judiciously,' but ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/fences and serpents.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade.

2. (v. t.) To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.

3. (v. t.) To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.

4. (v. t.) To thrust; to poke.

5. (v. i.) To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.

6. (v. i.) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.

7. (v. i.) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.

8. (n.) A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4.

9. (n.) A plodding and laborious student.

Thesaurus

Dig (24 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. ... 8. (n.) A thrust; a punch;
a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, vt, 4. ...
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Mine (2991 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious
stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage ...
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Mole (2 Occurrences)
... cat"; compare Arabic khuld, "mole-rat" (Leviticus 11:29); (3) chaphar-peroth, English
Versions of the Bible "moles"; from chaphar, "to dig"; compare Arabic ...
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Grub (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To dig in or under the ground, generally for an
object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging. ...
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Dug (45 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Dig. 2. (n.) A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human
mother, now that of a cow or other beast. 3. (imp. & pp) of Dig. ...
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Digged (37 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (pp) of Dig. ... Ezekiel 8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man,
dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. ...
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Dignities (3 Occurrences)
...dig'-ni-tiz, dig'-ni-ti (Hebrew marom, se'eth, gedhullah): Rank or position, not
nobility or austerity of personal character or bearing, is denoted by this ...
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Dignity (14 Occurrences)
...dig'-ni-tiz, dig'-ni-ti (Hebrew marom, se'eth, gedhullah): Rank or position, not
nobility or austerity of personal character or bearing, is denoted by this ...
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Ditch (9 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as,
to ditch moist land. ... 6. (vi) To dig a ditch or ditches. Int. ...
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Spoils (19 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and
rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal; (DBY). ...
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Bible Concordance

Dig (24 Occurrences)

Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
(DBY)

Matthew 6:20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;
(DBY)

Luke 13:8 He answered,'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 16:3 "The manager said within himself,'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Genesis 26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Genesis 26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Exodus 21:33 "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 6:11 and houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn't plant, and you shall eat and be full;
(WEB KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 8:9 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 23:13 and you shall have a paddle among your weapons; and it shall be, when you sit down abroad, you shall dig therewith, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 3:21 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Job 6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

Job 11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
(KJV WBS)

Job 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Job 39:21 They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.
(YLT)

Psalms 57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Proverbs 30:17 An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 8:8 Then said he to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 12:5 Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your stuff out that way.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 12:12 The prince who is among them shall bear on his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Amos 9:2 Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Dig

Related Terms

Mine (2991 Occurrences)

Mole (2 Occurrences)

Grub (2 Occurrences)

Dug (45 Occurrences)

Digged (37 Occurrences)

Dignities (3 Occurrences)

Dignity (14 Occurrences)

Ditch (9 Occurrences)

Spoils (19 Occurrences)