To dig
σκάπτωStrong’s G4626skaptō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Skaptō is the Greek word usually translated “dug”, “may dig” and “dig”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.”
Meaning
Usually translated “dug”, “may dig” and “dig”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- dug 1
- i may dig 1
- to dig 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
σκάπτω skaptō · to dig
σκάπτω [in LXX: Isa.5:6 (עֲדַר ni.)* ;] to dig: Luk.6:48 13:8 16:3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dig” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DIG, verb transitive
preterit tense Digger or dug; participle passive Digged or dug. [G.]
- To open and break or turn up the earth with a spade or other sharp instrument.
- To excavate; to form an opening in the earth by digging and removing the loose earth; as, to dig a well, a pit or a mine.
- To pierce or open with a snout or by other means, as swine or moles.
- To pierce with a pointed instrument; to thrust in.
All definitions and other forms of “dig”
DIG, verb intransitive
- To work with a spade or other piercing instrument; to do servile work.
- To work in search of; to search.“They dig for it, more than for hid treasures” Job 3:21“Son of man, dig now in the wall” Ezekiel 8:8
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.