ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΕΙΝ, ιεροσυλειν
IEROSYLEIN, ierosylein
Sounds Like: hee-eh-roh-soo-LEH-een
Translations: to commit sacrilege, to rob temples, to desecrate holy things
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to commit sacrilege, to rob temples, or to desecrate holy things. It describes the act of violating something sacred or stealing from a holy place. It is a compound word formed from 'ἱερός' (hieros), meaning 'sacred' or 'holy', and 'συλάω' (sulao), meaning 'to plunder' or 'to rob'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2416 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 35:319
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 9:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΕΩ.
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.
- ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΕΙΣ — you rob temples, you commit sacrilege, you desecrate holy things
- ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΕΩ — to rob temples, to commit sacrilege, to plunder sacred things, to desecrate
- ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΟΥΝΤΑΣ — committing sacrilege, robbing temples, sacrilegious ones, those committing sacrilege
- ΙΕΡΟΣΥΛΟΥΝΤΕΣ — robbing temples, committing sacrilege, despoiling temples, temple robbers, sacrilegious ones
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