ὀρύσσω: 1 aorist ὤρυξα; from Homer down; the Sept. for ηΘτΗψ, λΘΜψΘδ, etc.; to dig: to make τί by digging, Mar_12:1; τί ἐν τίνι, Mat_21:33; equivalent to to make a pit, ἐν τῇ γῆ, Mat_25:18 (here T Tr WH ὤρυξεν γῆν). (Compare: διορύσσω, ἐξορύσσω.)

ὀρύσσω oryssō 3x to dig, excavate, Mat_21:33 ; Mat_25:18 ; Mar_12:1

ἀρύσσω , [in LXX chiefly for H2658 also for H3738 , etc.;] to dig: c . acc , ληνόν , Mat_21:33 ; ὁπολήνιον , Mar_12:1 ; γῆν , Mat_25:18 ( cf. δι -, ἐξ -ορύσσω ).†

ὀρύσσω [page 459] P Petr III. 46(4) .4 (Ptol.) τοῖς τὸ θεμ̣ε̣λ̣ιον ὀρύξασι ε̄ , to those who dug the foundation, 5 (drachmae), BCU IV. 1121 .25 (B.C. 5) τὰς πλαγίους δι ]ώρυ̣γ̣ας παρα [θάψειν καὶ ] ὀρύξειν , P Lond 46 .333 (a spell iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 75) ὄρυξον ἐπὶ δ̄ δακτύλους , and P Oxy I. 121 .3 (iii/A.D.) αὐτὸς ὁ Φανείας ἀνανκασέτω ( l. ἀναγκασάτω ) αὐτὰς ὀρυγῆνε ( l. ὀρυγῆναι , the late 2nd aor. pass.), let Phanias himself have them (acanthus trees) dug round. This last document shows also the compd. περιορύσσω .6 ἤδη ἐν τῇ σήμερον περειορυγήτωσαν , let them be dug round to-day. From the inscrr. we may cite OGIS 483 .62 (ii/A.D.) ἐάν τινες ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς χοῦν ὀρύσσωσιν . . . κωλυέτωσαν αὐτοὺς οἱ ἀμφοδάρχαι .

ὀρύσσω "to dig" a trench, etc., Hom. , Hdt. , attic; τὸ ὀρυχθέν ῀ ὄρυγμα, α "trench", Hdt. "to dig up" a plant, Od. : —Mid., λίθους ὀρύξασθαι "to have" stones "dug or quarried", Hdt. :—Pass., ὁ ὀρυσσόμενος χοῦς the soil "that was dug up", id=Od. "to dig through", i. e. "make a canal through", (like διορύσσειν), τὸν ἰσθμὸν ὀρ. Orac. ap. Hdt. ; τὸ χωρίον ὀρώρυκτο id=Hdt. "to bury", ἔγχος ὀρύξας Soph. πὺξ ὀρ., of a pugilist, to give "a dig or heavy blow", Ar.

ὀρύσσω [in LXX chiefly for חָפַר also for כָּרָה, etc. ;] to dig: with accusative, ληνόν, Mat.21:33; ὁπολήνιον, Mrk.12:1; γῆν, Mat.25:18 (cf. δι-, ἐξ-ορύσσω).† (AS)