2417. hierosulos
Strong's Lexicon
hierosulos: Temple robber, sacrilegious person

Original Word: ἱερόσυλος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hierosulos
Pronunciation: hee-er-os'-oo-los
Phonetic Spelling: (hee-er-os'-oo-los)
Definition: Temple robber, sacrilegious person
Meaning: robbing temples, but possibly simply: sacrilegious.

Word Origin: From ἱερός (hieros, meaning "sacred" or "holy") and σύλη (sule, meaning "robbery" or "plunder")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "hierosulos," the concept of sacrilege or desecration of sacred things can be related to Hebrew terms such as חָלַל (chalal, Strong's H2490), meaning "to profane" or "to defile."

Usage: The term "hierosulos" refers to someone who commits sacrilege, specifically by stealing from a temple or desecrating sacred things. In the New Testament context, it denotes a person who violates the sanctity of what is dedicated to God.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, temples were not only places of worship but also served as treasuries and repositories for valuable items. The act of temple robbery was considered a grave offense, not only against the community but also against the deity to whom the temple was dedicated. In Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures, such acts were seen as deeply irreverent and punishable by severe penalties.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from hieros and sulaó
Definition
robbing temples
NASB Translation
robbers of temples (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2417: ἱερόσυλος

ἱερόσυλος, ἱερόσυλον (from ἱερόν and συλάω), guilty of sacrilege: Acts 19:37 (A. V. robbers of temples; cf. Lightfoot in The Contemp. Rev. for 1878, p. 294f). (2 Macc. 4:42; Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Diodorus, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
robber of temples

From hieron and sulao; a temple-despoiler -- robber of churches.

see GREEK hieron

see GREEK sulao

Forms and Transliterations
ιεροσυλους ιεροσύλους ἱεροσύλους hierosylous hierosýlous ierosulous
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 19:37 Adj-AMP
GRK: τούτους οὔτε ἱεροσύλους οὔτε βλασφημοῦντας
NAS: [here] who are neither robbers of temples nor
KJV: which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet
INT: these neither temple plunderers nor are defaming

Strong's Greek 2417
1 Occurrence


ἱεροσύλους — 1 Occ.

















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