Quick Definition
I dig through, break through
Strong's Definition
to penetrate burglariously
Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G3736 (ὀρύσσω);
KJV Usage: break through (up)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διορύσσω; passive, 1 aorist infinitive διορυχθῆναι (Mat_24:43 T Tr WH; Luk_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.), Mat_24:43; Luk_12:39; absolutely, Mat_6:19 f (Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, 146 (127)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διορύσσω dioryssō 4x
to dig or break through, Mat_6:19-20 ; Mat_24:43 ; Luk_12:39
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δι -ορύσσω ,
[in LXX : Job_24:16 , Exo_12:5 ; Exo_12:7 ; Exo_12:12 , ( H2864 ) * ;]
to dig through: c . acc , of house-breaking (as in Papyri; MM , Exp., xi), Mat_24:43 , Luk_12:39 ; absol. , Mat_6:19-20 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διορύσσω [page 164]
The exact phrase of Mat_24:43 , Luk_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 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διορύσσω attic -ττω fut. ξω "to dig through or across", τάφρον Od. ; τοῖχον δ. ῀ τοιχωρυχέω, Hdt. , Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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📖 In-Depth Word Study
Break in (1358) diorusso
Break in (1358) (diorusso from diá = through, + orússo = to dig) means literally to "dig through". To break through a wall or barrier, normally by the process of digging through. Digging through a wall in Jesus' day was an activity that was made relatively easy to do through ancient dwellings often composed of mud walls or sun-dried bricks.
Diorusso - 4x in the NT - Matt 6:19, 20; 24:43; Luke 12:39
Matthew 24:43 "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Luke 12:39 "And be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Diorusso - 4x in the Septuagint - Job 24:16; Ezek 12:5, 7, 12
Job 24:16 "In the dark they dig into (Lxx = diorusso) houses, They shut themselves up by day; They do not know the light. (NET renders it "In the dark the robber breaks into houses")
Ezekiel 12:5 (God tells Ezekiel to) "Dig a hole (Lxx = diorusso) through the wall in their sight and go out through it.