Strong’s G4626 · Greek
σκάπτω
skáptō · skap'-to
Origin apparently a primary verb;
Meaning to dig
In the King James Version dig.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 6:48He 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.
- Luke 13:8And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
- Luke 16:3Then 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.