Quick Definition
σκῦλον, ου, τό n.n. spoil taken from a foe
Strong's Definition
something stripped (as a hide), i.e. booty
Derivation: neuter from G4660 (σκύλλω);
KJV Usage: spoil
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | σκύλλω
57.243 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Steal, Rob
booty, spoils, plunder that which is taken away by force, particularly in the case of war
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκῦλον skylon 1x
spoils stripped off an enemy; σκῦλα, spoil, plunder, booty, Lk. 11:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σκῦλον
(Rec. σκύλον), -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלָל ;]
mostly in pl., σκῦλα, arms stripped from a foe, spoils: Lk 11:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκῦλον, in plur. = ‘ spoils” (Lk 112): cf. P Hamb I. 91* (B.c. 167) ἀπὸ τῶν γενομένων σκύλ[ζω]ν ἐν Τεβέτνοι παρεδόθη μοι ὑπὸ τῶν συν]στρατιω[τῶν αἰχμάϊλῳτα 8, and τ70.30 παραδοῦναί μοι τὰ σ[κῦλ]ᾳ. Add from the inserr. Sy// 35 (=*6r)! (after B.c. 440) σκῦλα ἀπὸ Θουρίον Ταραντῖνοι ἀνέθηκαν Διὶ ᾿Ολυμπίοι δεκάταν, OG/S 332° (B.C. 135-2) ἄγαλμα... βεβηκὸς ἐπὶ σκύλμων ἐν τῶι ναῶι TOD Σωτῆρος ᾿Ασκληπιοῦ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκῦλον (skulon) — plunder. σκῦλον, τό, mostly in plural σκῦλα, arms stripped off a slain enemy, spoils, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκῦλα γράφειν to write one's name on arms gained as spoils, which were then dedicated to a deity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently in singular, booty, spoil, prey, σκῦλον οἰωνοῖσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
