G2417: ἱερόσυλος (hierósylos)

G2417 ἱερόσυλος (hierósylos)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἱερόσυλος, ον Adj robbing temples, sacrilegious

Strong's Definition

from 2411 and 4813; a temple-despoiler

KJV Usage: robber of churches

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἱερόσυλος (G2417)

adjc. | -ον | ἱερατεύω + συλάω

57.242 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Steal, Rob

temple robber one who robs temples For another interpretation of ἱερόσυλος in ACT 19:37, see 53.105.

ACT 19:37

53.105 · Religious Activities · Sacrilege

desecrator, one who commits sacrilege one who commits sacrilege by damaging sacred objects in temples For another interpretation of ἱερόσυλος in ACT 19:37, see 57.242.

ACT 19:37

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἱερόσυλος, -ov, (fr. ἱερόν and συλάω), guilly of sacrilege: Acts xix. 37 [A. V. robbers of temples; ef. Bp. Lghtft. in The Contemp. Rey. for 1878, p. 294 sq.]. (2 Mace. iv. 42; Arstph., Xen., Plat., Polyb., Diod., al.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἱερόσυλος hierosylos 1x

one who despoils temples, commits sacrilege, Acts 19:37*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἱερόσυλος, -ον

(< ἱερόν, συλάω), [in LXX: II Mac 4:42 (cf. -λημα, II Mac 4:39; -λία, 13:6)*;]

robbing temples: Ac 19:37.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἱερόσυλος. The wider sense, which we have seen the corresponding verb has in Rom 222 (see s.v. ἱεροσυλέω), also attaches to ἱερόσυλος in Ac 1957 (cf. 2 Macc 433), where Ramsay (Hastings’ D& i. p. 441) understands οὔτε ἱεροσύλους οὔτε βλασφημοῦντας τὴν θεάν as implying ‘‘ guilty neither in act

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἱερόσυλος (hierosulos) — temple robber. ἱερόσῡλ-ος, ὁ, (proparoxytone) temple-robber, or generally, sacrilegious person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter as adjective, ἱ. θηρία [Refs]

II. of things, got by sacrilege, παροψίδες [Refs 4th c.BC+]