σκάπτω
skáptō · G4626 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to dig, to excavate
To make a hole in the ground and to remove earth with some sharp-edged intrument (for example, a pick or spade)
ExamplesLuke 6:48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not shake it, because it had been well built.
Luke 16:3 “And the manager said to himself, ‘What am I to do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
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to till the ground, to dig
To dig into the ground, specifically in connection with turning over the earth for agricultural or gardening purposes
ExamplesLuke 13:8 “But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, leave it alone for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;
Luke 16:3 “And the manager said to himself, ‘What am I to do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐnot 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἕωςuntil, to, as far as 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ὀρύσσω orýssō · G3736 · to dig, to excavate
- σκάπτω and ὀρύσσω both denote digging or excavating the ground. σκάπτω has the broader application, including agricultural tilling, while ὀρύσσω focuses on the burrowing or tunneling aspect of digging; both converge on the core act of excavation.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To dig, to excavate19.55
- The verb describes digging into the earth, here to lay a foundation. Jesus describes the wise builder as one “who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock” (Luke 6:48).
- To till the ground, to dig43.3
- The same verb also describes agricultural digging around a plant's roots. The vineyard keeper asks for more time, “until I dig around it and put in fertilizer” (Luke 13:8).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist ἐσκαψα; (allied with it are English 'ship', 'skiff', etc.; Curtius, § 109; Fick…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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