Strong G1358διορύσσω
to break in
- Transliteration
- diorussō
- Pronunciation
- dee-or-oos'-so
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δι-ορύσσω
[in LXX: Job.24:16, Exo.12:5, 7 12:12, (חָתַר) *;]
to dig through: with accusative, of house-breaking (as in π.; MM, Exp., xi), Mat.24:43, Luk.12:39; absol., Mat.6:19-20.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.24:16, Exo.12:5, 7 12:12, (חָתַר) *;]
to dig through: with accusative, of house-breaking (as in π.; MM, Exp., xi), Mat.24:43, Luk.12:39; absol., Mat.6:19-20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1358 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- break4
- do1
First verses
- Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
- Matthew 6:20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
- Matthew 24:43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
- Luke 12:39And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διορ-ύσσω,
Attic dialect διορύττω, dig through, διὰ τάφρον ὀρύξας having dug a trench across or along, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.120)]; τοῖχον δ., ={τοιχωρυχέω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 565, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.37; δεσμωτήριον [prev. author] 25.56; οἰκίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.30, “PPetr.” 3p.60: with _accusative_ loci, τὸν Ἄθω 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.29, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 699a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.30)]: —passive, [NT (NT.Matt.24.43.)]
2 metaphorically, undermine, ruin, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.30; φιλίαν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 1.123; δημοκρατίαν [prev. author] “Decl.” 1.41)]:—passive, διορωρυγμένα δωροδοκίαις [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 12, compare 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Eclogae” 5.6)] (but to be entrenched in our several cities, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.28).)]
II worm out, ἀπόρρητα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Bato Comicus 6; τὰ βουλευόμενα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.87c.)]
III passive, to be shut up in a funeral vault, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.43.)]
Attic dialect διορύττω, dig through, διὰ τάφρον ὀρύξας having dug a trench across or along, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.120)]; τοῖχον δ., ={τοιχωρυχέω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 565, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.3, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.37; δεσμωτήριον [prev. author] 25.56; οἰκίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.30, “PPetr.” 3p.60: with _accusative_ loci, τὸν Ἄθω 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.29, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 699a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.30)]: —passive, [NT (NT.Matt.24.43.)]
2 metaphorically, undermine, ruin, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.30; φιλίαν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 1.123; δημοκρατίαν [prev. author] “Decl.” 1.41)]:—passive, διορωρυγμένα δωροδοκίαις [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 12, compare 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Eclogae” 5.6)] (but to be entrenched in our several cities, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.28).)]
II worm out, ἀπόρρητα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Bato Comicus 6; τὰ βουλευόμενα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.87c.)]
III passive, to be shut up in a funeral vault, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.43.)]