Strong G1846ἐξορύσσω
to dig through/out
- Transliteration
- exorussō
- Pronunciation
- ex-or-oos'-so
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐξ-ορύσσω
[in LXX: Pro.29:22; ὀφθαλμόν (-ούς), Jdg.16:21, 1Ki.11:2 (נָקַר)*;]
to dig out, dig up: στέγην, Mrk.2:4; metaphorically, ὀφοαλμούς (cf. LXX, ll with; Herod., viii, 116), Gal.4:15.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Pro.29:22; ὀφθαλμόν (-ούς), Jdg.16:21, 1Ki.11:2 (נָקַר)*;]
to dig out, dig up: στέγην, Mrk.2:4; metaphorically, ὀφοαλμούς (cf. LXX, ll with; Herod., viii, 116), Gal.4:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1846 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- break1
- pluck1
- up1
First verses
- Mark 2:4And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
- Galatians 4:15Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐξορύσσω,
Attic dialect ἐξορύττω, dig out the earth from a trench, τὸν ἀεὶ ἐξορυσσόμενον χοῦν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.23; τόποι ἐξορυσσόμενοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 833b4:)] — middle, ἐξορύξασθαι χάρακας make oneself a vallum, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.55.)]
II dig out of the ground, dig up, τοὺς νεκρούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.64, compare “BGU” 1024iv4 (4th-5th c.AD))]; ἄγλιθας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 763)]; [μορίαν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.26)]:—passive, τοῦ χοὸς τοῦ -ομένου [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHal.” 1.109 (3rd c.BC))]; φυτά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.4.)]
II.2 gouge out, ἐ. αὐτῶν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.116, cf. LXX.Judg.16.21, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 14.)]
II.3 metaphorically, τὸν ἐξορύσσοντα λόγον τὰ κεκρυμμένα τῶν πραγμάτων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.72.)]
Attic dialect ἐξορύττω, dig out the earth from a trench, τὸν ἀεὶ ἐξορυσσόμενον χοῦν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.23; τόποι ἐξορυσσόμενοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 833b4:)] — middle, ἐξορύξασθαι χάρακας make oneself a vallum, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.55.)]
II dig out of the ground, dig up, τοὺς νεκρούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.64, compare “BGU” 1024iv4 (4th-5th c.AD))]; ἄγλιθας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 763)]; [μορίαν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.26)]:—passive, τοῦ χοὸς τοῦ -ομένου [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHal.” 1.109 (3rd c.BC))]; φυτά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.4.)]
II.2 gouge out, ἐ. αὐτῶν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.116, cf. LXX.Judg.16.21, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 14.)]
II.3 metaphorically, τὸν ἐξορύσσοντα λόγον τὰ κεκρυμμένα τῶν πραγμάτων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.72.)]