ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΟΝ, ιεροσυλον
IEROSYLON, ierosylon
Sounds Like: hee-eh-ro-SOO-lon
Translations: sacrilegious, a sacrilegious person, a temple robber, a robber of temples, a plunderer of sacred things
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound word derived from 'ἱερός' (hieros), meaning 'sacred' or 'holy', and 'συλάω' (sulao), meaning 'to plunder' or 'to rob'. It describes someone who commits sacrilege, specifically by robbing temples or plundering sacred objects. It can be used as an adjective to describe an act or person, or as a noun referring to the person themselves.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2417 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 6:164
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 4:42
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΑ — sacrilegious, robbing temples, a sacrilegious person, a temple robber
- ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΟΙ — sacrilegious, temple-robbers, robbers of temples, church robbers, desecrators, plunderers of sacred things
- ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΟΥΣ — temple-robbers, sacrilegious persons, robbers of temples, a temple-robber, a sacrilegious person
- ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΩΝ — of temple-robbers, of sacrilegious persons, of plunderers of sacred things
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