King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2416
Transliteration: hierosyleō
Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rob a temple
Meaning: to rob a temple
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.)
Word Summary
hierosyleō: to rob a temple
Original Word: ἱεροσυλέωTransliteration: hierosyleō
Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rob a temple
Meaning: to rob a temple
Strong's Concordance
rob temples, commit sacrilege. From hierosulos; to be a temple-robber (figuratively) -- commit sacrilege.
see GREEK hierosulos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2416: ἱεροσυλέωἱεροσυλέω, 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.)