ΣΚΑΨΩ, σκαψω
SKAPSŌ, skapsō
Sounds Like: SKAP-soh
Translations: I will dig, I will excavate, I will demolish, I will tear down
From the root: ΣΚΑΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to dig' or 'to excavate'. In a broader sense, it can also mean 'to demolish' or 'to tear down', especially when referring to structures or walls, implying the act of digging them up or undermining them. It is used to describe future actions.
Inflection: First person singular, Future, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G4626 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Luke — 13:8
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 5 — 2:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 13:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΑΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΕΣΚΑΨΕ — dug through, demolished, razed, dug up, excavated
- ἘΠΙΚΑΤΑΣΚΑΨΑΣ — having dug down, having undermined, having overthrown, having destroyed
- ἘΣΚΑΜΜΕΝΟΝ — dug, dug up, trenched, excavated, a dug thing
- ἘΣΚΑΜΜΕΝΟΣ — dug, dug up, dug out, excavated, having been dug
- ἘΣΚΑΨΕ — he dug, she dug, it dug
- ἘΣΚΑΨΕΝ — dug, he dug, she dug, it dug
- ΕΣΚΑΨΕΝ — dug, dug up, excavated, demolished
- ΣΚΑΜΜΕΝΟΝ — dug up, torn down, demolished, razed, excavated
- ΣΚΑΠ — to dig, to excavate, to undermine, to destroy by digging
- ΣΚΑΠΤΕΙΝ — to dig, to excavate, to undermine, to demolish
- ΣΚΑΠΤΙΝ — to dig, to excavate
- ΣΚΑΠΤΩ — to dig, to excavate, to undermine, to raze, to destroy
- ΣΚΑΦΗΝΑΙ — to be dug, to be excavated, to be undermined, to be destroyed
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