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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1358 - διορύσσω

Transliteration

diorýssō

Phonetics

dee-or-oos'-so

Origin

from (G1223) and (G3736)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to dig through: a house

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2864 ‑ חָתַר (khaw‑thar');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Matthew 4

Luke 1

BSB (4)

Matthew 3

Luke 1

CSB (4)

Matthew 3

Luke 1

ESV (4)

Matthew 3

Luke 1

KJV (5)

Matthew 4

Luke 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

Matthew 5

Luke 1

N95 (4)

Matthew 3

Luke 1

NAS (6)

Matthew 3

Luke 1

NLT (4)

Matthew 5

Luke 2

WEB (4)

Matthew 3

Luke 1

YLT (4)

Matthew 3

Luke 1

ASV (5)

break through 2

do 1

to be broken through 2

BSB (4)

be broken into 2

break in 1

do not break in 1

CSB (4)

in 2

into 2

ESV (4)

break 1

break in 1

broken into 2

KJV (5)

do 1

through 3

up 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

break 2

broken 2

in 2

N95 (4)

break 2

broken 2

NAS (6)

break 2

broken 2

in 2

NLT (4)

in 2

into 2

WEB (4)

break through 2

to be broken into 2

YLT (4)

break through 2

to be broken through 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-2APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

ANT

V-2APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

BEZ

V-APN- 2

V-PAI-3P 2

BGB

V-2APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

BMT

V-2APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

BYZ

V-2APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

ELZ

V-APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

NA26

V-3PAIP 2

V-APN 2

SBL

V-2APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

SCV

V-2APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

STV

V-APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

TIS

V-2APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

V-2APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

TRG

V-APN 2

V-PAI-3P 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

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.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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)).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

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.

List of Word Forms

διορυγήναι διορύξει διόρυξον διορύσσουσι διορυσσουσιν διορύσσουσιν διορυχθηναι διορυχθῆναι διώρυξα διώρυξεν dioruchthenai dioruchthēnai diorussousin diorychthenai diorychthênai diorychthēnai diorychthē̂nai dioryssousin diorýssousin