Exodus 21:33
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
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Luke 16:3
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
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חָתַר
châthar · khaw-thar'
4 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars
Strong's KJV usage: dig (through), row.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 8:8Strong's last: Amos 9:2
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châphar · khaw-far'
3 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
Strong's KJV usage: dig, paw, search out, seek.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 23:13Strong's last: Job 11:18
Open full H2658 profile →σκάπτω
skáptō · skap'-to
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to dig
Strong's KJV usage: :--dig.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 13:8Strong's last: Luke 16:3
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kârâh · kaw-raw'
2 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
Strong's KJV usage: dig, × make (a banquet), open.
Strong's first: Exodus 21:33Strong's last: Job 6:27
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châtsab · khaw-tsab'
1 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
Strong's KJV usage: cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
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Strong's first: Deuteronomy 8:9Strong's last: Deuteronomy 8:9
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And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
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dig
DIG, verb transitive preterit tense Digger or dug; participle passive Digged or dug. [G.]
1. To open and break or turn up the earth with a spade or other sharp instrument.
Be first to dig the ground.
2. 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.
3. To pierce or open with a snout or by other means, as swine or moles.
4. To pierce with a pointed instrument; to thrust in.
Still for the growing liver digged his breast.
To dig down, is to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall.
To dig out, or to dig from, is to obtain by digging; as, to dig coals from a mine; to dig out fossils. But the preposition is often omitted, and it is said, the men are digging coals, or digging iron ore. In such phrases, some word is understood; They are digging out ore, or digging for coals, or digging ore from the earth.
To dig up, is to obtain something from the earth by opening it, or uncovering the thing with a spade or other instrument, or to force out from the earth by a bar; as, to dig up a stone.
DIG, verb intransitive
1. To work with a spade or other piercing instrument; to do servile work.
I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg. Luke 16:3.
2. To work in search of; to search.
They dig for it, more than for hid treasures. Job 3:21.
To dig in, is to pierce with a spade or other pointed instrument.
Son of man, dig now in the wall. Ezekiel 8:8.
To dig through, to open a passage through; to make an opening from one side to the other.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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