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Lexicon :: Strong's G2416 - hierosyleō

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ἱεροσυλέω
Transliteration
hierosyleō (Key)
Pronunciation
hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 3:255,349

Strong’s Definitions

ἱεροσυλέω hierosyléō, hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o; from G2417; to be a temple-robber (figuratively):—commit sacrilege.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2416 in the following manner: commit sacrilege (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2416 in the following manner: commit sacrilege (1x).
  1. to commit sacrilege, to rob a temple

    1. in Rom. 2:22, where the meaning is, "thou who abhorrest idols and their contamination, doest yet not hesitate to plunder their shrines"

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἱεροσυλέω hierosyléō, hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o; from G2417; to be a temple-robber (figuratively):—commit sacrilege.
STRONGS G2416:
ἱεροσυλέω, ; (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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
2:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2416 matches the Greek ἱεροσυλέω (hierosyleō),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:22 - You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
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