ΔΙΕΣΚΑΨΕ, διεσκαψε
DIESKAPSE, dieskapse
Sounds Like: dee-es-KAP-seh
Translations: dug through, demolished, razed, dug up, excavated
From the root: ΣΚΑΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'apart', and the verb σκάπτω (skaptō), meaning 'to dig'. Therefore, it means to dig through, dig up, or completely demolish something by digging. It is often used in the context of destroying cities or fortifications.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1289 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judith — 2:24
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.
- 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
- ΣΚΑΨΩ — I will dig, I will excavate, I will demolish, I will tear down
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