Dictionary entry

ἐξορύσσω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐξ-ορύσσω

[in LXX: Pr 29:22; ὀφθαλμόν (-ούς), Jg 16:21, I Ki 11:2 (נָקַר)*;]

to dig out, dig up: στέγην, Mk 2:4; metaph., ὀφθαλμούς (cf. LXX, ll c.; Herod., viii, 116), Ga 4:15.†