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βαθύνω
bathunō
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G:V Greek

to dig deep

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Bathuno describes digging down deeply in preparing a house’s foundation.

Its sole attested use describes digging down in the preparation of a house whose foundation is laid on rock.

Senses in use

  1. Digging down for a foundation · dominant

    In Luke 6:48, the aorist active indicative form occurs in the description of a man building a house and laying its foundation on rock; the APB renders the sequence, “dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Luke 6:48, the APB presents the action within “dug and went deep,”.

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