Definition

to penetrate burglariously

Etymology

from G1223 (διά) and G3736 (ὀρύσσω);

Word family

• διά diá
• ὀρύσσω orýssō

How the KJV renders it

• break through (up)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.