Quick Definition
ἐξορύσσω v. I dig out, gouge
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 3736; to dig out, i.e. (by extension) to extract (an eye), remove (roofing)
KJV Usage: break up, pluck out
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐξορύσσω: 1 aor. ptcp. e€opvéavres; fr. Hdt. down ; 1. to dig out: τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς (prop. to pluck out the eyes; so Judg. xvi. 21 [Alex.]; 1S. xi. 2; Hdt. 8, 116; Joseph. antt. 6, 5, 1; Leian. dial. deor. 1, 1; al.) καὶ διδόναι τινί, metaph. to renounce the most precious things for another’s advantage, Gal. iv. 15 (similar expressions see in Ter. adelph. 4, 5, 67; Hor. sat. 2, 5, 35; [Wetstein ad loc.]); in opposition to a very few interp. who, assuming that Paul suffered from a weakness of the eyes, understand the words literally, “ Ye would have plucked out your sound eyes and have put them into me,” see Meyer ad loc.; [ef. reff. s. v. σκόλοψ, fin.]. 2. to dig through: τὴν στέγην, Mk. ii. 4.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐξορύσσω exoryssō 2x
to dig out or through, force up, Mk. 2:4; to pluck out the eyes, Gal. 4:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐξ-ορύσσω
[in LXX: Pr 29:22; ὀφθαλμόν (-ούς), Jg 16:21, I Ki 11:2 (נָקַר)* ;]
to dig out, dig up: στέγην, Mk 2:4; metaph., ὀφθαλμούς (cf. LXX, ll c.; Herod., viii, 116), Ga 4:15.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐξορύσσω (exorussō) — to dig through/out. ἐξορύσσω, Attic dialect ἐξορύττω, dig out the earth from a trench, τὸν ἀεὶ ἐξορυσσόμενον χοῦν [Refs 5th c.BC+] — middle, ἐξορύξασθαι χάρακας make oneself a vallum, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. dig out of the ground, dig up, τοὺς νεκρούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄγλιθας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [μορίαν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τοῦ χοὸς τοῦ -ομένου [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; φυτά [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. gouge out, ἐ. αὐτῶν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς [LXX+5th c.BC+]
II.3. metaphorically, τὸν ἐξορύσσοντα λόγον τὰ κεκρυμμένα τῶν πραγμάτων [Refs 1st c.AD+]