ΥΠΟΡΥΓΗΝΑΙ, υπορυγηναι
YPORYGĒNAI, yporygēnai
Sounds Like: hoo-po-ry-GAY-nai
Translations: to undermine, to dig under, to break through, to dig up
From the root: ΟΡΥΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist passive infinitive form of the verb 'ὀρύσσω' (orussō), meaning 'to dig'. With the prefix 'ὑπό' (hypo-), which means 'under' or 'from beneath', the compound verb 'ὑπορύσσω' means 'to dig under' or 'to undermine'. As an infinitive, it functions like 'to undermine' or 'to be undermined', indicating the action of digging beneath something, often with the intent to weaken or collapse it. It can be used in contexts describing the breaching of walls or foundations.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3736 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΡΥΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΕΞΩΡΥΞΕΝ — he dug out, he excavated, he plucked out, he gouged out
- ΚΑΤΩΡΥΞΕΝ — he dug, he dug down, he excavated
- ὈΡΥΚΤΩΝ — of dug, of mined, of excavated, of trenched
- ὈΡΥΞΑΙ — to dig, to dig out, to excavate, to delve
- ὈΡΥΞΑΝΤΕΣ — having dug, who dug, those who dug
- ὈΡΥΞΑΣ — having dug, digging, after digging, when he had dug
- ὈΡΥΞΕΙΣ — you will dig, you will excavate
- ὈΡΥΣΣΟΝΤΙ — (to) digging, (to) one digging, (to) him digging
- ὈΡΥΣΣΩΝ — digging, who digs, one who digs
- ὈΡΩΡΥΚΤΟ — it had been dug, it was dug
- ΟΡΥΓΜΕΝΟΝ — dug, having been dug, excavated, having been excavated
- ΟΡΥΚΤ — dug, mined, excavated, a dug thing, a mined thing
- ΟΡΥΚΤΗ — dug, mined, excavated, a dug thing, a mined thing, an excavated thing
- ΟΡΥΞ — a digging, a ditch, a trench
- ΟΡΥΞΑΙ — to dig, to dig out, to excavate, to undermine, to pierce
- ΟΡΥΞΑΣ — having dug, having excavated, having burrowed, having mined
- ΟΡΥΟΜΕΝΟΙ — digging, burrowing, excavating, mining
- ΟΡΥΣΣΕΙ — he digs, she digs, it digs, he is digging, she is digging, it is digging
- ΟΡΥΣΣΟΝ — dig, to dig, digging, to be digging
- ΟΡΥΣΣΟΝΤΕΣ — digging, excavating, burrowing, mining
- ΟΡΥΣΣΩ — to dig, to dig up, to excavate
- ΟΡΥΣΣΩΝ — digging, excavating, burrowing
- ΟΡΥΧΘΕΙΣΑΝ — having been dug, having been excavated, having been mined
- ΟΡΩΡΥΚΤΟ — dug, had dug, was dug, had been dug
- ΡΥΧΟΥΝΤΕΣ — digging, burrowing, excavating, mining
- ΥΠΩΡΥΞΕ — he dug under, he undermined, he dug beneath, he excavated
- ὨΡΥΞΑ — I dug, I excavated, I hollowed out
- ὨΡΥΞΑΝ — they dug, they excavated
- ὨΡΥΞΑΤΕ — you dug, you have dug, you excavated, you have excavated
- ὨΡΥΞΕ — dug, he dug, she dug, it dug
- ὨΡΥΞΕΝ — dug, he dug, she dug, it dug
- ΩΡΥΓΗ — a digging, a pit, a trench
- ΩΡΥΞΑ — I dug, I excavated, I broke through
- ΩΡΥΞΑΝ — they dug, they excavated, they burrowed, they mined
- ΩΡΥΞΑΤΕ — you dug, you have dug, you did dig
- ΩΡΥΞΑΤΕʼ — you dug, you have dug, dig (imperative)
- ΩΡΥΞΕ — dug, dug out, excavated, broke through
- ΩΡΥΞΕΝ — dug, he dug, she dug, it dug, dug out, excavated
- ΩΡΥΣΣΕΝ — he was digging, he dug, he had dug, he was excavating, he excavated, he had excavated
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