Quick Definition
συλάω v. I rob, plunder
Strong's Definition
probably akin to G138 (αἱρέομαι); compare G4661 (σκῦλον)); to despoil
Derivation: from a derivative of (to strip;
KJV Usage: rob
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἱεροσυλέω · ἱερόσυλος · συλαγωγέω
57.234 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Steal, Rob
to rob to take by force that which belongs to someone else (often used of taking spoils of war, but occurring in the NT only figuratively of Pauls accepting financial support from some churches in order to help others)
1 2CO 11:8 It seems quite clear that in 2CO 11:8 Paul uses συλάω in a highly figurative sense and thus not with a conventionalized metaphorical value.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συλάω, -ῶ: 1 aor. ἐσύλησα; ([akin to] σύλη ‘spoil’ {allied with σκῦλον (q. v., yet ef.) Curtius p. 696]); fr. Hom. down; to rob, despoil: τινά, 2 Co. xi. 8.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συλάω sylaō 1x
to strip; to rob, 2 Cor. 11:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** συλάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Ep. Je 1:18 * ;]
c. acc. pers., to strip, plunder, spoil: II Co 11:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συλάω, “χοῦ. Exx. of this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (2 Cor 118) are common in (a) the papyri—P Ry] II. 13819 (a.p. 34) ἐσύλησέν pov ἐν τῶι πύργωι ἱκανὰ apyade<t>a, “he robbed me of a number of tools in the tower” (Edd.), BGU IV. 103678 (A.D. 108) συλήσαντες ὅσα [ἔϊχωι ἐν τῇ κέλλαι, P Tebt II. 3305 (ii/a.D.) εὗρον τὴν οἰκίαν μου σεσυλημένην, ““1 found my house pillaged,” P Gen I. 475 (a.D. 346) μέχρι δεῦρο μηδὲν εὑρηκέναι pe ἀπὸ τῶν συληθέντων, and P Lond 4128 (A.p. 351) (=I. p. 280) ἐσύλησέν pe ἔνδων τῆς οἰκείας : (Ὁ) the inscrr.—Sy/7 190 (= 3.372)" (B.C. 288-281) ἐϊγχειρήσαντας συλῆσαι τὰ ἀναθήματία, OCS 437°° (i/p.c.) ἐὰν δέ τις συλη[θ]ῆι ἢ ἀδικη[θῆι Σαρδιανῶν κτλ., and Kaibel Addenda 545c! (=p. 528) Τίς Πλάταιαν σύλησεν ; For the subst. σύλησις see P Oxy VIII. 1121% (A.D. 295) ἐκείνοις τοῖς εὐχερῶς συλήσει Kal ἁρπαγαῖς τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ἑαυτοὺς ἐπιδίδουσι, ‘those who lightly give themselves over to plunder and robbery of the property of others 3 (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συλάω (sulaō) — to rob. σῡλ-άω, imperfect contraction in Epic dialect ἐσύλα, σύλα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect Iterat. σύλασκε [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future συληθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—strip off, especially strip off the arms of a slain enemy, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
1. in full, with accusative person et of things, strip off from another, strip him of his arms (compare σκυλεύω), μή μιν Ἀχαιοὶ τεύχεα συλήσωσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ τὰ (i.e. ἔναρα).. νεκροὺς ἂμ πεδίον συλήσετε [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, with accusative of things, to be stripped, robbed, deprived of a thing, σκῆπτρα συληθήσεται [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ταῦτ᾽ (i.e. τὰ τόξα) ἐσυλήθην ἐγώ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. with accusative, strip a person of his arms, ἦ τινα συλήσων νεκύων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, pillage, plunder, τὰ ἱρά, τοὺς θεούς, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, βαρβάρων συλᾶσθ᾽ ὕπο [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. with accusative of things, strip off, ὄφρα τάχιστα τεύχεα συλήσειε [Refs 8th c.BC+]
3. b take off or out, ἐσύλα τόξον took out the bow [from its case], [Refs]; σύλα πῶμα φαρέτρης took the lid off the quiver, [Refs]; with a notion of violence or suddenness, κρᾶτα σ. Μεδοίσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. c carry off, τοὺς πολεμίους οὐ συλήσειν αὐτά (i.e. τὰ χρήματα) will not seize them as booty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεῶν γέρα σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be carried off as spoil, ἄγαλμα σεσυλημένον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be taken away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. d exercise right of σῦλαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, πανταχοῦ συλωμένων ἡμῶν the right of reprisals was exercised against us everywhere, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. after [Refs 8th c.BC+] with accusative person et genitive _of things_, τίς σε δαίμων συλᾷ πάτρα; carries thee away from.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, συλαθεὶς ἀγενείων stealing from among the boys, and enlisting among the men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]