ἘΣΥΛΗΣΕ, ἐσυλησε
ESYLĒSE, esylēse
Sounds Like: eh-SY-leh-seh
Translations: he plundered, he robbed, he despoiled, he stripped
From the root: ΣΥΛΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of plundering, robbing, or despoiling, often with violence or force. It implies taking possessions or valuables from someone or a place, typically after an attack or conquest. It is used to describe actions like looting a city or temple.
Inflection: Aorist Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G4813 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 2:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΛΑΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΣΥΛΗΣΑ — I plundered, I robbed, I despoiled, I stripped
- ἘΣΥΛΗΣΕΝ — plundered, robbed, despoiled, stripped
- ἘΣΥΛΩΝ — they plundered, they stripped, they despoiled
- ΕΣΥΛΗΣΑ — I plundered, I robbed, I despoiled, I stripped
- ΣΕΣΥΛΗΚΟΤΩΝ — (of) those who have plundered, (of) those who have robbed, (of) those who have despoiled
- ΣΕΣΥΛΗΜΕΝΟΝ — plundered, robbed, despoiled, a plundered thing, a robbed thing, a despoiled thing
- ΣΥΛΑ — plunder, rob, despoil, pillage, spoil
- ΣΥΛΑΝ — to plunder, to rob, to despoil, to pillage
- ΣΥΛΑΩ — to plunder, to rob, to spoil, to strip
- ΣΥΛΗΘΕΝΤΑ — plundered, robbed, stripped, despoiled, that which has been plundered, having been plundered
- ΣΥΛΗΘΩΣΙ — they may be plundered, they may be stripped, they may be despoiled
- ΣΥΛΗΣΑΙ — to plunder, to rob, to spoil, to strip
- ΣΥΛΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having plundered, having robbed, having stripped, having despoiled
- ΣΥΛΗΣΑΣ — having plundered, having robbed, having spoiled, having stripped
- ΣΥΛΗΣΕΙΣ — you will plunder, you will rob, you will strip, you will despoil
- ΣΥΛΗΣΟΝΤΑ — to plunder, to rob, to strip, to despoil, to pillage
- ΣΥΛΩΜΕΝΩΝ — of those plundered, of those despoiled, of those robbed
- ΣΥΛΩΝΤΑΣ — plundering, robbing, despoiling, stripping, pillaging
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