σκάπτω; 1 aorist ἐσκαψα; (allied with it are English 'ship', 'skiff', etc.; Curtius, § 109; Fick 4:267; 7:336); to dig: Luk_6:48 (on which see βαθύνω); (Buttmann, § 130, 5); . ((Homer h. Merc.); Aristophanes, Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus, others) (Compare: κατασκάπτω.)

σκάπτω skaptō 3x to dig, excavate, Luk_6:48 ; Luk_13:8 ; Luk_16:3

σκάπτω , [in LXX : Isa_5:6 ( H5737 ni .) * ;] to dig: Luk_6:48 ; Luk_13:8 ; Luk_16:3 .†

σκάπτω [page 576] dig, is confined in the NT to Luke ( Luk_6:48 ; Luk_13:8 ; Luk_16:3 ). Exx. from the Κοινή are common, e.g. PSI VI. 672 .3 (iii/B.C.) ἐργάταις τοῖς σκάπτουσιν ἐν τῆι ἄμμωι , P Magd 27 .4 (B.C. 218) θεμέλιον σκάπτων ὥστε οἰκοδομεῖν , BGU IV. 1120 .30 (B.C. 5) σκ ]α̣π̣τ̣οντας καὶ ποτίζοντας , P Fay 110 .8 (A.D. 94) τὰ κύκλωι τοῦ ἐλαιουργίου ἔξωθεν σκάψον ἐπὶ βάθος , dig A deep trench round the oil-press outside (Edd.), BGU I. 14 ii. 18 (A.D. 255) σκάπτοντες ἐν χωρίῳ , and from the inscrr. Syll 531 (= .3 963) .9 (iv/B.C.) ἀμπέλους δ [ὲ σκ ]άψει δίς . For σκαφητός , a preliminary digging, see P Cornell 25 recto .13 (B.C. 28 23), and P Oxy XIV. 1631 .10 (A.D. 280), and for a new word σκάφητρος , a digging, see P Fay 112 .2, .16 (A.D. 99), and P Ryl II. 245 .21 (iii/A.D.) ἐπ [ὶ ] σκάφητρον τῶν ἐλαιώνων . Σκαφεῖον , a hoe, occurs in P Tebt I. 45 .39 (B.C. 113), ib. 47 .36 (B.C. 113), MGr σκάφτω , σκάβω , excavate, dig out.

σκάπτω [Etym: Root ΣΚΑΦ] "to dig, delve", μοχθεῖν καὶ σκ. Ar. ; proverb., σκάπτειν οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι id=Ar. c. acc., "to dig" the ground, Xen. , Luc. "to dig about", φυτὰ σκ. (as we say "to hoe" turnips), Hhymn. : metaph. "to dig up", Eur. σκ. τάφρον "to dig" a trench, Thuc. :—Pass., τὰ ἐσκαμμένα "scores to mark" a leap, metaph., ὑπὲρ τὰ ἐσκαμμένα ἅλλεσθαι to overleap "the mark", Plat.

σκάπτω [in LXX: Isa.5:6 (עֲדַר ni.)* ;] to dig: Luk.6:48 13:8 16:3.† (AS)