ἱεροσυλέω

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G2416

Transliteration: hierosyléō

Pronunciation: hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o

Definition: commit sacrilege

- Original: ἱεροσυλέω

- Transliteration: Hierosuleo

- Phonetic: hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o

- Definition:

1. to commit sacrilege, to rob a temple

a. in Rom. 2:22, where the meaning is, "thou who abhorrest idols and their contamination, doest yet not hesitate to plunder their shrines"

- Origin: from G2417" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2417

- TDNT entry: 07:15,3

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G2417" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2417; to be a temple robber (figuratively): - commit sacrilege.