to dig through/out
Exorusso describes breaking through a roof or, hypothetically, removing one’s own eyes.
The attested uses show forceful removal or penetration: in Mark 2:4 it concerns opening a way through a roof, while in Galatians 4:15 it occurs in a hypothetical statement about taking out one’s own eyes.
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Breaking through a roof · dominant
In Mark 2:4, the aorist active nominative masculine plural participle occurs after the men could not bring the paralytic through the crowd and before they lower his bed. The APB renders the clause “having dug through,” in the account of their opening the roof.
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Removing one’s eyes · occasional
In Galatians 4:15, the same aorist active nominative masculine plural participle occurs in a hypothetical expression of what the hearers would have done for Paul. The APB renders the statement “you would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the roof context in Mark 2:4 as “having dug through” and the eye-related statement in Galatians 4:15 as “torn out your own eyes.” These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.