Topical Bible: Digged

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The term "digged" is an archaic form of the word "dug," often found in older translations of the Bible, including the Berean Standard Bible . It refers to the act of excavating or making a hole in the ground, and it appears in various contexts throughout the Scriptures, symbolizing both physical and spiritual actions.

Old Testament References

1. Wells and Water Sources: In the arid regions of the ancient Near East, digging wells was essential for survival. Genesis 26:18 recounts how Isaac "dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham," which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death. This act of re-digging wells symbolizes the restoration of God's provision and blessing.

2. Pits and Traps: The act of digging is also associated with creating pits or traps, often with malicious intent. In Psalm 7:15, it is written, "He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making." This verse illustrates the biblical principle that those who plot evil will ultimately face the consequences of their actions.

3. Agricultural Practices: Digging is a fundamental part of agricultural life, as seen in Isaiah 5:2, where the vineyard owner "dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines." This imagery is used to describe God's care and preparation for His people, expecting them to yield good fruit.

New Testament References

1. Parables of Jesus: In the New Testament, Jesus uses the concept of digging in His parables to convey spiritual truths. In Luke 6:48, He describes a wise man who "dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock." This parable emphasizes the importance of building one's life on the solid foundation of Christ's teachings.

2. Preparation and Readiness: The act of digging is also used metaphorically to describe preparation and readiness. In Luke 13:8, the gardener says, "Sir, leave it alone for one more year, and I will dig around it and fertilize it." This reflects the patience and effort required in nurturing spiritual growth and repentance.

Symbolic Meanings

· Perseverance and Effort: Digging often symbolizes the perseverance and effort required to obtain something valuable, such as water or a stable foundation. It reflects the diligence needed in spiritual pursuits and the quest for truth.

· Judgment and Consequences: The imagery of digging pits for others, only to fall into them oneself, serves as a warning of divine justice and the inevitable consequences of sin.

· Restoration and Renewal: Re-digging wells or preparing the ground for planting signifies restoration and renewal, themes central to God's redemptive work throughout the Bible.

In summary, the concept of "digged" in the Bible encompasses a range of meanings, from practical actions necessary for survival to profound spiritual lessons about preparation, judgment, and God's provision.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. p.) of Dig.

Library

The First Apostle of Peace at any Price
... For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham
his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the first apostle of peace.htm

Chapter l
... your eyes, speak, pray, in the hearing of Pharaoh and say: My father exacted an
oath of me, saying: Behold, I am to die; in my grave which I digged for myself ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter l.htm

Subterraneous Places. Mines. Caves.
... This land was eminently noted for metal mines, so that "its stones," in very many
places, "were iron, and out of its hills was digged brass," Deuteronomy 8:9 ...
/.../from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 99 subterraneous places mines.htm

Grace Abounding
... That which comes without any exertion on our part comes to us "freely." The rulers
digged the well, and as they digged it they sang "Spring up, O well!" In ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/grace abounding.htm

The Prophets were Sent from one and the Same Father from whom the ...
... own Father, when He speaks as follows in His teaching: "There was a certain householder,
and he planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged in it ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxxvi the prophets were sent.htm

Christ Foreseeing his Passion
... He was to be hoist with his own petard. 'He digged a pit; he digged it deep,' and
into the pit which he had digged he himself fell. 'Oh, death! ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/christ foreseeing his passion.htm

The Beatific vision.
... They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they have digged a
pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves. ...
/.../kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xxvii the beatific vision.htm

The Entrusted Talents.
... And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had
received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. ...
/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xiv the entrusted talents.htm

The Wicked Husbandmen.
... XI. THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN. "Hear another parable: There was a certain householder,
which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress ...
/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xi the wicked husbandmen.htm

Rom. x. 14, 15
... who) maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed Thy
prophets, and digged down Thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xviii rom x 14.htm

Thesaurus

Digged (37 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Digged (37 Occurrences). Matthew 25:18 But he that had
received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. ...
/d/digged.htm - 18k

Digged-wells (1 Occurrence)
Digged-wells. Diggedst, Digged-wells. Diggeth . Multi-Version
Concordance Digged-wells (1 Occurrence). Nehemiah 9:25 ...
/d/digged-wells.htm - 6k

Dig (24 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DIG. (qur, "to dig", chathar; diorusso, "to dig
through"): "I have digged (dug) and drunk strange waters" (2 Kings 19:24). ...
/d/dig.htm - 14k

Olive-yards (5 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 6:11 and houses full of all good things which thou hast not filled,
and wells digged which thou hast not digged, vineyards and olive-yards which ...
/o/olive-yards.htm - 8k

Diggeth (7 Occurrences)
... Genesis 26:18 and Isaac turneth back, and diggeth the wells of water which they
digged in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines do stop after ...
/d/diggeth.htm - 8k

Oliveyards (6 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 6:11 and houses full of everything good which thou filledst not, and
wells digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou ...
/o/oliveyards.htm - 8k

Wells (15 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and
wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou ...
/w/wells.htm - 11k

Fence (12 Occurrences)
... the ground) as with a mattock (Isaiah 5:2, where the King James Version has "fenced"
it (the vineyard), the American Standard Revised Version "digged it," the ...
/f/fence.htm - 15k

Digging (8 Occurrences)
... 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). ...
/d/digging.htm - 9k

Diggedst (1 Occurrence)
... Deuteronomy 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and
wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou ...
/d/diggedst.htm - 6k

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Digged (37 Occurrences)

Matthew 25:18
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Mark 12:1
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.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Luke 6:48
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Romans 11:3
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Genesis 21:30
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Genesis 26:15
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Genesis 26:18
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Genesis 26:19
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Genesis 26:21
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Genesis 26:22
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Genesis 26:25
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Genesis 26:32
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Genesis 49:6
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.
(KJV WBS)

Genesis 50:5
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Exodus 7:24
And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Numbers 21:18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 6:11
And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 23:13
and a nail thou hast on thy staff, and it hath been, in thy sitting without, that thou hast digged with it, and turned back, and covered thy filth;
(YLT)

2 Kings 19:24
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Chronicles 26:10
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Nehemiah 9:25
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 7:15
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 94:13
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 5:2
and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
(ASV JPS RSV)

Isaiah 5:6
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 7:25
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Isaiah 37:25
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 51:1
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

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)

Jeremiah 13:7
Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 8:8
Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 12:7
And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Digged

Related Terms

Digged (37 Occurrences)

Oliveyards (6 Occurrences)

Wells (15 Occurrences)

Filledst (2 Occurrences)

Digged-wells (1 Occurrence)

Plantedst (3 Occurrences)

Planted (105 Occurrences)