to break in
diorusso describes thieves gaining entry to a house or home, whether the intrusion is occurring or prevented.
The attested use concerns thieves gaining entry to a house or home: Matthew 6:19 and Matthew 6:20 place it alongside stealing, while Luke 12:39 and Matthew 24:43 describe the entry that a forewarned householder would not permit.
Senses in use
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Gaining entry to a house by thieves · dominant
In Matthew 6:19 and Matthew 6:20, the present active plural form occurs in clauses about thieves entering and stealing; the APB renders the relevant action as “break in.” In Luke 12:39 and Matthew 24:43, the aorist passive infinitive is the intrusion that the householder would not have allowed; the APB renders the house or home as “broken into.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all four verses, the APB presents the action as “break in” or as a house or home being “broken into.” These renderings confirm the clauses' overall depiction of unlawful entry rather than isolate every feature of the Greek form.