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Koine Greek wordlink #3234

SR GNT Mat 6:20 διορύσσουσι (diorussousi) ‘where thieves not are digging_through nor are stealing’ Strongs=13580 Lemma=diorussō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount

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Only use of identical word form διορύσσουσι (V-IPA3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘διορύσσουσι’ (V-IPA3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘are digging_through’.

Mat 6:20 ‘where thieves not are digging_through nor are stealing’ SR GNT Mat 6:20 word 19

OET-LV: 20 but be _storing _up for _you _all treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor corrosion is _destroying, and where thieves are_ not _digging _through nor are _stealing. (MAT_6:20)

OET-RV: 20 Instead, store your wealth in heaven, where there’s no destructive insects or corrosion or thieves or scammers, (MAT 6:20)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘diorussō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘are digging_through’, ‘to_be dug_through’.

Greek words (1) other than διορύσσουσι (V-IPA3··P) with a gloss related to ‘digging_through’

MAT 6:19 διορύσσουσιν (diorussousin) V-IPA3··P ‘and where thieves are digging_through and are stealing’ SR GNT Mat 6:19 word 17

OET-LV: 19 Be_ not _storing _up treasures on the earth for _you _all, where moth and corrosion is _destroying, and where thieves are _digging _through and are _stealing, (MAT_6:19)

OET-RV: 19 “Don’t amass wealth for yourselves here on earth, where insects and corrosion destroy things, and where it can be stolen. (MAT 6:19)

Key: V=verb