Lexical Summary dioryssō: to dig through (as of breaking into a house) Original Word: διορύσσωTransliteration: dioryssō Phonetic Spelling: (dee-or-oos'-so) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to dig through (as of breaking into a house) Meaning: to dig through (as of breaking into a house) Strong's Concordance break through. From dia and orusso; to penetrate burglariously -- break through (up). see GREEK dia see GREEK orusso Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1358: διορύσσωδιορύσσω; 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)). |