Strong's Greek · G4626

G4626 skáptō

σκάπτω

skap'-to

to dig

Looking for Hebrew H4626 maʻar? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G4626. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

skáptō appears 3 times in Scripture, in Luke 6:48, Luke 13:8 and Luke 16:3. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to dig

In the King James Version

dig

Derivation

apparently a primary verb;

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Luke 6:48

“He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.”

Luke 16:3

“The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.”

Luke 13:8

“‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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