03-09-2020, 12:51 AM
Jesus spoke Aramaic. For Mt 24:43, do you think "διορυχθῆναι" was the best way to render what Jesus had originally said in Aramaic?
Matthew 24:43 (Berean Literal Bible + interlinear)
https://biblehub.com/matthew/24-43.htm
https://biblehub.com/interlinear/matthew/24-43.htm
And know this, that if the master of the house had known in what time of night the thief comes,
he would have watched and not have allowed his house 1358/diorychthēnai/διορυχθῆναι.
1358. diorussó
https://biblehub.com/greek/1358.htm
diorussó: to dig through....
Word Origin
from dia and orussó
1223. dia
https://biblehub.com/greek/1223.htm
dia: through, on account of, because of
Original Word: διά
Part of Speech: Preposition
Transliteration: dia
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ah')
Definition: through, on account of, because of
Usage: (a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.
HELPS Word-studies
1223 diá (a preposition) – properly, across (to the other side), back-and-forth to go all the way through, "successfully across" ("thoroughly"). 1223 (diá) is also commonly used as a prefix and lend the same idea ("thoroughly," literally, "successfully" across to the other side).
[1223 (diá) is a root of the English term diameter ("across to the other side, through"). Before a vowel, dia is simply written di̓.]
3736. orussó
https://biblehub.com/greek/3736.htm
orussó: to dig
Original Word: ὀρύσσω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: orussó
Phonetic Spelling: (or-oos'-so)
Definition: to dig
Usage: I dig, dig out, excavate.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to dig
NASB Translation
dug (3).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3736: ὀρύσσω
ὀρύσσω: 1 aorist ὤρυξα; from Homer down; the Sept. for חָפַר, כָּרָה, etc.; to dig: to make τί by digging, Mark 12:1; τί ἐν τίνι, Matthew 21:33; equivalent to to make a pit, ἐν τῇ γῆ, Matthew 25:18 (here T Tr WH ὤρυξεν γῆν). (Compare: διορύσσω, ἐξορύσσω.)
Matthew 24:43 (Berean Literal Bible + interlinear)
https://biblehub.com/matthew/24-43.htm
https://biblehub.com/interlinear/matthew/24-43.htm
And know this, that if the master of the house had known in what time of night the thief comes,
he would have watched and not have allowed his house 1358/diorychthēnai/διορυχθῆναι.
1358. diorussó
https://biblehub.com/greek/1358.htm
diorussó: to dig through....
Word Origin
from dia and orussó
1223. dia
https://biblehub.com/greek/1223.htm
dia: through, on account of, because of
Original Word: διά
Part of Speech: Preposition
Transliteration: dia
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ah')
Definition: through, on account of, because of
Usage: (a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.
HELPS Word-studies
1223 diá (a preposition) – properly, across (to the other side), back-and-forth to go all the way through, "successfully across" ("thoroughly"). 1223 (diá) is also commonly used as a prefix and lend the same idea ("thoroughly," literally, "successfully" across to the other side).
[1223 (diá) is a root of the English term diameter ("across to the other side, through"). Before a vowel, dia is simply written di̓.]
3736. orussó
https://biblehub.com/greek/3736.htm
orussó: to dig
Original Word: ὀρύσσω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: orussó
Phonetic Spelling: (or-oos'-so)
Definition: to dig
Usage: I dig, dig out, excavate.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to dig
NASB Translation
dug (3).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3736: ὀρύσσω
ὀρύσσω: 1 aorist ὤρυξα; from Homer down; the Sept. for חָפַר, כָּרָה, etc.; to dig: to make τί by digging, Mark 12:1; τί ἐν τίνι, Matthew 21:33; equivalent to to make a pit, ἐν τῇ γῆ, Matthew 25:18 (here T Tr WH ὤρυξεν γῆν). (Compare: διορύσσω, ἐξορύσσω.)