Bible Dictionary: Digging

◄ Digging ►

Jump to: Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dig.

2. (n.) The act or the place of excavating.

3. (n.) Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained.

4. (n.) Region; locality.

Strong's Hebrew

1662. Gath-hachepher -- "wine press of digging," home of Jonah
... "wine press of digging," home of Jonah. Transliteration: Gath-hachepher Phonetic
Spelling: (gath-hah-khay'-fer) Short Definition: Gath-hepher. ...
/hebrew/1662.htm - 6k

855. eth -- a plowshare
... coulter, plowshare Of uncertain derivation; a hoe or other digging implement --
coulter, plowshare. 854, 855. eth. 855a . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/855.htm - 5k

Library

The Old Testament and Archeology
... These so aroused his curiosity that he began digging in the two most prominent
mounds. Failing to make {113} any discoveries, he ...
/.../the christian view of the old testament/chapter iv the old testament.htm

"Make this Valley Full of Ditches. " 2 Kings, iii. , 16
... We know digging means work, and some Christians are so very respectable, they would
feel insulted if God asked them to become one of His navvies. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xvii make this valley full.htm

The Water-Mark of John's Gospel.
... those who believe. These words are worth digging into for the fine gold
that lies hidden within waiting the miner's pick. The word ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/the water-mark of johns gospel.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xiii. 6, Where we are Told of the ...
... Meanwhile they are spared. But what is the "digging"? What is the "digging about
it," but the teaching lowliness and repentance? For a ditch is low ground. ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lx on the words.htm

Chapter twenty-seven
... The other man stood viciously digging his stake into the ground. ... He ceased
digging his stake in the ground and stood still listening. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-seven.htm

The Believer's Challenge
... To use another figure,"Christ's death was as it were the digging out of the
gold of grace out of the deep mines of Jesus' sufferings. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the believers challenge.htm

The Barren Fig-Tree.
... The two chief applications employed in husbandry to stimulate growth and fruitfulness
are digging and manuring: these accordingly the dresser of the vineyard ...
/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xx the barren fig-tree.htm

The Hidden Treasure.
... On the west coast of Scotland, a few years ago, some men, while engaged in digging
fuel from a moss, found at a great depth large quantities of tallow ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/arnot/the parables of our lord/v the hidden treasure.htm

A Bundle of Proverbs
... Ver.), literally 'a man of Belial,' which last word probably means worthlessness.
His work is 'digging evil'; his words are like scorching fire. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/a bundle of proverbs.htm

Stiff-Necked Idolaters and Pliable Christians
... him. The conduct of men, when they leave God and seek for other delights,
is like digging a canal alongside a navigable river. They ...
/.../stiff-necked idolaters and pliable christians.htm

Thesaurus

Digging (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Digging (8 Occurrences). ... Proverbs 26:27 Whoso is digging
a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth. (YLT). ...
/d/digging.htm - 9k

Mine (2991 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To dig into, for ore or metal. 7. (vt) To get, as metals, out of the
earth by digging. 8. (n.) A subterranean cavity or passage. ...
/m/mine.htm - 10k

Papyrus (4 Occurrences)
... It will be seen that most of these discoveries were the work of natives, digging
about indiscriminately in the hope of finding antiquities to sell to tourists ...
/p/papyrus.htm - 34k

Grub (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To dig in or under the ground, generally for an
object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging. ...
/g/grub.htm - 7k

Pit (110 Occurrences)
... PIT. The word translates different Hebrew words of which the most important are:
(1) bor, "pit" or "cistern," made by digging, (Genesis 37:20); hence, "dungeon ...
/p/pit.htm - 41k

Sap (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. 4. (vt) To subvert by digging or wearing
away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of. ...
/s/sap.htm - 8k

Scoop (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or
shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine. ...
/s/scoop.htm - 7k

Hammurabi
... Inauguration of His Image: While interesting himself in the all-important work of
digging canals, he found time to turn his attention to the land of Yamutbalu ...
/h/hammurabi.htm - 47k

Diggeth (7 Occurrences)

/d/diggeth.htm - 8k

Jacob's (34 Occurrences)
... probably twice as deep. The digging of such a well must have been a very
laborious and costly undertaking. "Unfortunately, the well ...
/j/jacob's.htm - 23k

Bible Concordance

Digging (8 Occurrences)

Mark 2:4 When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.
(See NIV)

Ezra 4:12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.
(See JPS)

Psalms 7:15 He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 26:27 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
(YLT)

Ecclesiastes 10:8 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
(YLT)

Isaiah 22:5 For a day of noise, and of treading down, And of perplexity, 'is' to the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In the valley of vision, digging down a wall, And crying unto the mountain.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 2:34 Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 6:7 As the digging of a well, is 'for' its waters, So she hath digged 'for' her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually 'are' sickness and smiting.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Digging

Related Terms

Mine (2991 Occurrences)

Papyrus (4 Occurrences)

Grub (2 Occurrences)

Pit (110 Occurrences)

Sap (6 Occurrences)

Scoop (2 Occurrences)

Hammurabi

Diggeth (7 Occurrences)

Jacob's (34 Occurrences)