G1358: διορύσσω (diorýssō)

G1358 διορύσσω (diorýssō)

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Quick Definition

διορύσσω v. I dig through, break through

Strong's Definition

from 1223 and 3736; to penetrate burglariously

KJV Usage: break through (up)

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

διορύσσω (G1358)

verb | aor.pass.inf. διορυχθῆναι | ὀρύσσω

19.41 · Physical Impact · Break, Break Through

to break through, to break in, to break into to break through a wall or barrier, normally by the process of digging through (usually implying a wall made of sun-dried brick)

MAT 6:19 · MAT 6:20 · MAT 24:43 · LUK 12:39

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

δι-ορύσσω ; Pass., 1 aor. inf. διορυχθῆναι (Mt. xxiv. 43 T Tr WH; LK. xii. 39 TWH Trmrg.); 2 aor. inf. διορυγῆναι, [cf. WH. App. p. 170; fr. Hom. down]; to dig through: a house (Xen. symp. 4, 30; Job xxiv. 16 Sept.), Mt. xxiv. 43; Lk. xii. 39; absol. Mt. vi. 19 sq. [W. 594 (552); B. 146 (127)]* [Atés, see Ais. |

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

διορύσσω dioryssō 4x

to dig or break through, Mt. 6:19, 20; 24:43; Lk. 12:39*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

δι-ορύσσω

[in LXX: Jb 24:16, Ex 12:5, 7, 12, (חתר) * ;]

to dig through: c. acc, of house-breaking (as in π.; MM, Exp., xi), Mt 24:43, Lk 12:39; absol., Mt 6:19, 20.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

διορύσσω. The exact phrase of Mt 2445, Lk 1239. is found in P Petr III. 28 werso (4)? (B.C. 260) ὅτι διώρνυξεν οἰκίαν, ‘* because he broke into a house.” Cf. OGZS 4838 (ii/B.c.) μὴ ἐξουσία δὲ ἔστω ἐπὶ τοὺς κοινοὺς τοίχους μήτε ἐποικοδομεῖν | μήτε διορύσσειν μήτε ἄλλο καταβλάπτειν μηθέν, and an interesting inscription from a tomb published in ZV7'IV i. | p- 100, where mention is made of certain persons BovAopévo(v)s | διορύττιν.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

διορύσσω (diorussō) — to break in. διορ-ύσσω, Attic dialect διορύττω, dig through, διὰ τάφρον ὀρύξας having dug a trench across or along, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοῖχον δ., ={τοιχωρυχέω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: —passive, [NT]

2. metaphorically, undermine, ruin, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, διορωρυγμένα δωροδοκίαις [Refs 1st c.AD+] (but to be entrenched in our several cities, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. worm out, ἀπόρρητα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

III. passive, to be shut up in a funeral vault, [Refs 1st c.BC+]