ΔΙΩΡΥΞ, διωρυξ
DIŌRYX, diōryx
Sounds Like: dee-OH-roox
Translations: ditch, canal, trench, a ditch, a canal, a trench
From the root: ΔΙΩΡΥΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a ditch, canal, or trench, typically an artificial channel dug in the ground for water or for defensive purposes. It is a compound word formed from 'διά' (dia), meaning 'through', and 'ὀρύσσω' (oryssō), meaning 'to dig'. It can be used to describe any excavated channel.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1363 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 11:424
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 11:25
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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.
- ΔΙΩΡΥΓΑ — canal, ditch, trench, channel, a canal, a ditch
- ΔΙΩΡΥΓΑΣ — canals, ditches, trenches, channels
- ΔΙΩΡΥΓΕΣ — ditches, trenches, canals, channels
- ΔΙΩΡΥΓΟΣ — of a trench, of a ditch, of a canal, of a channel
- 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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