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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1846. ἐξορύσσω (exorussó) -- To dig out, to gouge out</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1846.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/1-6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1846.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1846</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1845.htm" title="1845">◄</a> 1846. exorussó <a href="../greek/1847.htm" title="1847">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">exorussó: To dig out, to gouge out</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἐξορύσσω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>exorussó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ex-or-OOS-so<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ex-or-oos'-so)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To dig out, to gouge out<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>(a) I dig out, hence: I open up, (b) I gouge.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek prefix ἐξ (ex, meaning "out of") and ὀρύσσω (orussó, meaning "to dig").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ἐξορύσσω, the concept of removing or cutting off something harmful can be seen in Hebrew words like כָּרַת (karath, Strong's H3772), which means "to cut off" or "to cut down."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb ἐξορύσσω is used in the New Testament to describe the act of digging out or gouging out, often in a metaphorical sense. It implies a forceful or deliberate action of removing something from its place. This term is used to convey the seriousness and decisiveness of an action, often in the context of removing sin or temptation.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient world, the act of digging or gouging out was often associated with agriculture, construction, or punishment. The metaphorical use of this term in the New Testament reflects the cultural understanding of removing something undesirable or harmful. In a society where physical punishment could include the removal of body parts, the term carried a strong connotation of severity and necessity.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> and <a href="/greek/3736.htm">orussó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to dig out or up<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>dug (1), plucked (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1846: ἐξορύσσω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἐξορύσσω</span></span>: 1 aorist participle <span class="greek2">ἐξορύξαντες</span>; from <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> down; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">to dig out</span>: <span class="greek2">τούς</span> <span class="greek2">ὀφθαλμούς</span> (properly, <span class="accented">to pluck out the eyes</span>; so <a href="/interlinear/judges/16-21.htm">Judges 16:21</a> (<span class="manuref">Alex.</span>); <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/11-2.htm">1 Samuel 11:2</a>; <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 8, 116; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 6, 5, 1; <span class="abbreviation">Lucian</span>, dial. deor. 1, 1; others) <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">διδόναι</span> <span class="greek2">τίνι</span>, metaphorically, to renounce the most precious things for another's advantage, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-15.htm">Galatians 4:15</a> (similar expressions see in <span class="abbreviation">Terence</span>, adelph. 4, 5, 67; <span class="abbreviation">Horace</span> sat. 2, 5, 35; (<span class="abbreviation">Wetstein</span> at the passage)); in opposition to a very few interpretaters who, assuming that Paul suffered from a weakness of the eyes, understand the words literally, <span class="accented">Ye would have plucked out your sound eyes and have put them into me,</span> see Meyer at the passage; (cf. references under the word <span class="greek2">σκόλοψ</span>, at the end). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">to dig through</span>: <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">στέγην</span>, <a href="/interlinear/mark/2-4.htm">Mark 2:4</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>extract, pluck out. <p>From <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> and <a href="/greek/3736.htm">orusso</a>; to dig out, i.e. (by extension) to extract (an eye), remove (roofing) -- break up, pluck out. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3736.htm">orusso</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εξορύξαι εξορυξαντες εξορύξαντες ἐξορύξαντες εξώρυξαν εξώρυξεν exoruxantes exoryxantes exorýxantes<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/mark/2-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 2:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-APA-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἦν καὶ <b>ἐξορύξαντες</b> χαλῶσι τὸν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> above <span class="itali">Him; and when they had dug</span> an opening, they let down<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">when they had broken [it] up,</span> they let down<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/2-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he was and <span class="itali">having broken up [it]</span> they let down the<p><b><a href="/text/galatians/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 4:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-APA-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν <b>ἐξορύξαντες</b> ἐδώκατέ μοι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> possible, <span class="itali">you would have plucked</span> out your eyes<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [it had been] possible, <span class="itali">ye would have plucked out</span> your<br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> eyes of you <span class="itali">having plucked out</span> you would have given [them] to me<p><b><a href="/greek/1846.htm">Strong's Greek 1846</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1846.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/exoruxantes_1846.htm">ἐξορύξαντες — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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