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., [Mat 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. [Ecc 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.
G1358 — 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)).
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]. †