Strong's Concordance
Original word: ὀρύσσω
Transliteration: orussó
Definition (short): dug
Definition (full): to dig
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. verb
Definition: to dig
NASB Translation: dug (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Apparently a primary verb; to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. Dig -- dig.
References
KJV:
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
NASB:
"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.
KJV:
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
NASB:
"But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
KJV:
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
NASB:
And He began to speak to them in parables: "A man PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT, AND DUG A VAT UNDER THE WINE PRESS AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.