Lexical 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.) |