ΔΙΩΡΥΓΑ, διωρυγα
DIŌRYGA, diōryga
Sounds Like: dee-OH-roo-gah
Translations: canal, ditch, trench, channel, a canal, a ditch
From the root: ΔΙΩΡΥΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an artificial channel for water, such as a canal, ditch, or trench. It is used to describe waterways dug by humans, often for irrigation or drainage purposes. In a sentence, it would typically refer to such a physical structure.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1363 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 31:153
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΩΡΥΞ.
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.
- ΔΙΩΡΥΓΑΣ — canals, ditches, trenches, channels
- ΔΙΩΡΥΓΕΣ — ditches, trenches, canals, channels
- ΔΙΩΡΥΓΟΣ — of a trench, of a ditch, of a canal, of a channel
- ΔΙΩΡΥΞ — ditch, canal, trench, a ditch, a canal, a trench
- ΔΙΩΡΥΞΙΝ — to a trench, to a canal, to a ditch, to a mine, to a tunnel, to a channel
- ΔΙΩΡΥΧΑΣ — canals, trenches, ditches
- ΔΙΩΡΥΧΕΣ — canal, trench, ditch, channel
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