verb
exorussamō
Strong’sG1846
I dig out, gouge
stem exoruss-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐξ-ορύσσω
[in LXX: Pr 29:22; ὀφθαλμόν (-ούς), Jg 16:21, I Ki 11:2 (נָקַר)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1846 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Attic dialect ἐξορύττω, dig out the earth from a trench, τὸν ἀεὶ ἐξορυσσόμενον χοῦν Refs 5th c.BC+ — middle, ἐξορύξασθαι χάρακας make oneself a vallum, Refs 1st c.BC+
II dig out of the ground, dig up, τοὺς νεκρούς Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄγλιθας Refs 5th c.BC+; [μορίαν] Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, τοῦ χοὸς τοῦ -ομένου Refs 3rd c.BC+; φυτά Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 gouge out, ἐ. αὐτῶν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς LXX+5th c.BC+
II.3 metaphorically, τὸν ἐξορύσσοντα λόγον τὰ κεκρυμμένα τῶν πραγμάτων Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| exorussarantoisἐξορύξαντες | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine | torn out | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | exorussamō | exorussame | exorussami | exorussama | exorussamē | exorussamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | exorussasō | exorussase | exorussasi | exorussasa | exorussasē | exorussaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | exorussatō | exorussate | exorussati | exorussata | exorussatē | exorussatelē |
| we 1st person plural | exorussanō | exorussane | exorussani | exorussana | exorussanē | exorussanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | exorussavō | exorussave | exorussavi | exorussava | exorussavē | exorussavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | exorussalō | exorussale | exorussali | exorussala | exorussalē | exorussalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | exorussameiō | exorussameia | exorussameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | exorussaseiō | exorussaseia | exorussaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | exorussateiō | exorussateia | exorussateiē |
| we 1st person plural | exorussaneiō | exorussaneia | exorussaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | exorussaveiō | exorussaveia | exorussaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | exorussaleiō | exorussaleia | exorussaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | exorussasōr | exorussasar | exorussasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | exorussatōr | exorussatar | exorussatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | exorussavōr | exorussavar | exorussavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | exorussalōr | exorussalar | exorussalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | exorussamoiō | exorussamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | exorussasoiō | exorussasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | exorussatoiō | exorussatoia |
| we 1st person plural | exorussanoiō | exorussanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | exorussavoiō | exorussavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | exorussaloiō | exorussaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | exorussarō | exorussari | exorussara | exorussarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | exorussarōntos | exorussarintos | exorussarantos2× | exorussarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
exoruss is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
exorussarantois“torn out”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine2×
Mark 2:4“digging through”… apostegazala tan stegan hopou ate, kai exorussarantois chalalō ton krabatton hopou tos paralutikos …… Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
Galatians 4:15… hoti ei dunatem toin ofthalmoin vu exorussarantois dōava mi.… it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to …