Quick Definition
spoil taken from a foe
Strong's Definition
something stripped (as a hide), i.e. booty
Derivation: neuter from G4660 (σκύλλω);
KJV Usage: spoil
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκῦλον (Rbez G L T WH) also σκῦλον ((so Rst elz Tr) cf. Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 44), σκυλου, τό (from the obsolete σκύω, 'to pull off', allied to ξύω, ξύλον (but cf. Curtius, § 113; Vanicek, p. 1115));
a. a (beast's) skin stripped off, a pelt.
b. the arms stripped off from an enemy, spoils: plural Luk_11:22. (Sophocles, Thucydides, and following; the Sept..)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκῦλον skylon 1x
spoils stripped off an enemy;
σκῦλα , spoil, plunder, booty, Luk_11:22
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σκῦλον
( Rec. σκύλον ), -ου , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7998 ;]
mostly in pl ., σκίλα , arms stripped from a foe, spoils: Luk_11:22 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκῦλον [page 580]
in plur. = spoils ( Luk_11:22 ) : cf. P Hamb I. 91 .4 (B.C. 167) ἀπὸ τῶν γενομένων σκύλ [ω ]ν ἐν Τεβέτνοι παρεδόθη μοι ὑπὸ τ [ῶν συν ]στρατιω [τῶν αἰχμά ]λω̣τα δ̄ , and ib. .30 παραδοῦναί μοι τὰ σ [κῦλ ]α̣. Add from the inscrr. Syll 35 (= .3 61) .1 (after B.C. 440) σκῦλα ἀπὸ Θουρίον Ταραντῖνοι ἀνέθηκαν Διὶ Ὀλυμπίοι δεκάταν , OGIS 332 .8 (B.C. 138 2) ἄγαλμα . . βεβηκὸς ἐπὶ σκύλμων ἐν τῶι ναῶι τοῦ Σωτῆρος Ἀσκληπιοῦ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σκῦλον σκῦλον, ου, τό, mostly in pl. σκῦλα, "the arms stript off a slain enemy, spoils", Soph. , Thuc. ; εἰς σκῦλα γράφειν to write one's name on "arms taken as spoil", Eur. : —rarely in sg., "booty, spoil, prey", id=Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σκῦλον
(Rec. σκύλον), -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלָל ;]
mostly in pl., σκίλα, arms stripped from a foe, spoils: Luk.11:22.†
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