G1846

ἐξορύσσω

exoryssō

Verb · From ἐκ (G1537) and ὀρύσσω (G3736)

From G1537 and G3736; to dig out, i.e. (by extension) to extract (an eye), remove (roofing):—break up, pluck out.

Outline

to dig out, to pluck out (the eyes)
to dig through

Usages

Mark 2:4

And 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.

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Galatians 4:15

Where 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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