Quick Definition
συλαγωγέω v. I plunder
Strong's Definition
from the base of 4813 and (the reduplicated form of) 71; to lead away as booty, i.e. (figuratively) seduce
KJV Usage: spoil
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | συλάω + ἄγω
37.10 · Control, Rule · Control, Restrain
to control completely, to take control of, to make a captive of (a figurative extension of meaning of συλαγωγέω ‘to carry off as booty or as captive in war,’ not occurring in the NT) to take over complete control of a person as one would a captive In some languages it is possible to preserve the figurative meaning of συλαγωγέω in COL 2:8 by employing a simile, for example, ‘see that no one makes you a kind of captive by human wisdom’ or ‘see to it that no one uses human wisdom and by this means makes you, so to speak, a captive.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συλαγωγέω, -@; (σύλη booty, spoil, [ef. συλάω, init.], and ἄγω) ; to carry off booty: τινά. to carry one off as a captive (and slave), θυγατέρα, Heliod. 10, 35; παρθένον, Nicet. hist. 5 p. 96; to lead away from the truth and subject to one’s sway [R. V. make spoil of], Col. ii. 8 (Tatian. or. ad Gr. ec. 22, p. 98 ed. Otto).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συλαγωγέω sylagōgeō 1x
to carry off as a prey or booty; met. to make victims of fraud, Col. 2:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† συλαγωγέω, -ῶ
(< σύλη, booty + ἄγω),
to carry off as spoil, lead captive (θυγατέρα, Heliod., Aeth., 10, 35): metaph., Col 2:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συλαγωγέω. In Col 28, the only place where the verb occurs in the NT, Field (MVofes, Ὁ. 195) prefers the translation ‘‘rob” to the RV ‘‘make spoil of,’’ on the ground that the latter suggests ‘‘the idea of the Colossians themselves being carried off, instead of their (spiritual) treasures,” and by way of illustration he points to Aristaen, #f. II. 22 τοῦτον κατέλαβον, ἄνερ, ἐγχειροῦσα συλαγωγῆσαι τὸν ἡμέτερον οἶκον. But the RV rendering may find support from Heliodor. 10. 35 p. 307 Bekker οὗτός ἐστιν 6 τὴν ἐμὴν θυγατέρα συλαγωγήσας (cited by Dibelius HZNT ad /.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συλαγωγέω (sulagōgeō) — to capture. σῡλᾰγωγέω, (σῦλον) carry off as booty, lead captive, τινα [NT+3rd c.AD+]
II. rob, despoil, τὸν οἶκον [Refs 5th c.AD+]