2416. hierosuleó
Lexicon
hierosuleó: To commit sacrilege, to rob temples

Original Word: ἱεροσυλέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: hierosuleó
Pronunciation: hee-er-os-oo-leh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o)
KJV: commit sacrilege
NASB: rob temples
Word Origin: [from G2417 (ἱερόσυλος - robbers of temples)]

1. to be a temple-robber (figuratively)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
rob temples, commit sacrilege.

From hierosulos; to be a temple-robber (figuratively) -- commit sacrilege.

see GREEK hierosulos

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from hierosulos
Definition
to rob a temple
NASB Translation
rob temples (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2416: ἱεροσυλέω

ἱεροσυλέω, ἱεροσύλω; (ἱερόσυλος, which see); to commit sacrilege, to rob a temple: Romans 2:22, where the meaning is, 'thou who abhorrest idols and their contamination, dost yet not hesitate to plunder their shrines'; cf. Fritzsche (and Delitzsch) at the passage (Aristophanes, Plato, Demosthenes, others.)

Forms and Transliterations
ιεροσυλεις ιεροσυλείς ἱεροσυλεῖς hierosyleis hierosyleîs ierosuleis
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Englishman's Concordance
Romans 2:22 V-PIA-2S
GRK: τὰ εἴδωλα ἱεροσυλεῖς
NAS: idols, do you rob temples?
KJV: idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
INT: the idols do you commit sacrilege

Strong's Greek 2416
1 Occurrence


ἱεροσυλεῖς — 1 Occ.

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