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Strong's #1358 - διορύσσω
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- to dig through: a house
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διορ-ύσσω,
I Att. διόρ-ττω,
1. dig through, διὰ τάφρον ὀρύξας having dug a trench across or along, Od. 21.120; τοῖχον δ., = τοιχωρυχέω, Hdt. 9.37, cf. Ar. Pl. 565, Th. 2.3, D. 54.37; δεσμωτήριον Id. 25.56; οἰκίαν X. Smp. 4.30, PPetr. 3p.60: c. acc. loci, τὸν Ἄθω Lys. 2.29, cf. Pl. Lg. 699a, D. 6.30: — Pass., Matthew 24:43.
2. metaph., undermine, ruin, D. 45.30; φιλίαν Lib. Or. 1.123; δημοκρατίαν Id. Decl. 1.41: — Pass., διορωρυγμένα δωροδοκίαις Plu. Phoc. 12, cf. Him. Ecclesiastes 5:6 (but to be entrenched in our several cities, D. 9.28).
II worm out, ἀπόρρητα Bato 6; τὰ βουλευόμενα Plu. 2.87c.
III Pass., to be shut up in a funeral vault, D.S. 4.43.
διορύσσω; passive, 1 aorist infinitive διορυχθῆναι (Matthew 24:43 T Tr WH; Luke 12:39 T WH Trmarginal reading); 2 aorist infinitive διορυγῆναι (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 170; from Homer down); to dig through: a house (Xenophon, symp. 4, 30; Job 24:16 the Sept.), Matthew 24:43; Luke 12:39; absolutely, Matthew 6:19f (Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, 146 (127)).
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δι -ορύσσω ,
[in LXX: Job 24:16, Exodus 12:5; Exodus 12:7; Exodus 12:12, (H2864) *;]
to dig through: c. acc, of house-breaking (as in Papyri; MM, Exp., xi), Matthew 24:43, Luke 12:39; absol., Matthew 6:19-20.†
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The exact phrase of Matthew 24:43, Luke 12:39, is found in P Petr III. 28 verso (b ).2 (B.C. 260) ὅτι διώρυξεν οἰκίαν, ";because he broke into a house."; Cf. OGIS 483.118 (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 ZNTW i. p. 100, where mention is made of certain persons βουλομένο (υ)ς διορύττιν.
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