ΑΝΟΡΥΣΣΟΝΤΕΣ, ανορυσσοντες
ANORYSSONTES, anoryssontes
Sounds Like: ah-no-ROO-son-tes
Translations: digging up, digging through, having dug up, having dug through
From the root: ΑΝΟΡΥΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'digging up' or 'digging through'. It describes an action that is ongoing or happening at the same time as another event. It is often used to describe the act of breaking through a barrier, such as a wall or roof, to gain access. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἀνά (ana, meaning 'up' or 'through') and the verb ὀρύσσω (oryssō, meaning 'to dig').
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G0381 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Job — 3:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΟΡΥΣΣΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΝΟΡΥΣΣΩΝ — digging up, digging through, breaking up, unearthing
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