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G4661 σκῦλον (skŷlon)

Greek
Noun, Neuter
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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

LUK 11:22

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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, 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+]

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.† (AS)

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