Strong’s G1846 · Greek
ἐξορύσσω
exorýssō · ex-or-oos'-so
Origin from ἐκ (G1537) and ὀρύσσω (G3736);
Meaning to dig out, i.e. (by extension) to extract (an eye), remove (roofing)
In the King James Version break up, pluck out.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Mark 2:4And 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.
- Galatians 4:15Where 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.