ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΙΑΣ, ιεροσυλιας
IEROSYLIAS, ierosylias
Sounds Like: hee-eh-roh-sy-LEE-ahs
Translations: (of) sacrilege, (of) temple-robbing, (of) profanation
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of sacrilege, which is the violation or profanation of something sacred, or the robbing of temples or sacred places. It is a compound word formed from 'ἱερός' (hieros), meaning 'sacred' or 'holy', and 'συλάω' (sulao), meaning 'to rob' or 'to plunder'. It describes an offense against religious objects, places, or practices.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2417 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 35:318
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 13:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΙΑ.
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.
- ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΙΑΝ — sacrilege, a sacrilege, temple robbery, a temple robbery, profanation, a profanation
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