ἐξορύσσω: Difference between revisions

|txtha=1st aorist participle ἐξορύξαντες; from [[Herodotus]] [[down]];<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[dig]] [[out]]: [[τούς]] ὀφθαλμούς ([[properly]], to [[pluck]] [[out]] the eyes; so Alex.); [[Herodotus]] 8,116; Josephus, Antiquities 6,5, 1; Lucian, [[dial]]. deor. 1,1; others) καί διδόναι τίνι, [[metaphorically]], to [[renounce]] the [[most]] [[precious]] things for [[another]]'s [[advantage]], Terence, adelph. 4,5, 67; Horace sat. 2,5, 35; (Wetstein 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]], Ye would [[have]] plucked [[out]] [[your]] [[sound]] eyes and [[have]] [[put]] [[them]] [[into]] me, [[see]] Meyer at the [[passage]]; (cf. references [[under]] the [[word]] [[σκόλοψ]], at the [[end]]).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[dig]] [[through]]: [[τήν]] στέγην, Mark 2:4.