G2417Greek

ἱερόσυλος

hierósylos
1 occurrenceNew TestamentHapax Legomenon

Definition

From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Strong's Definition

a temple-despoiler

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

one who despoils temples, commits sacrilege, Acts 19:37*

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

robber of churches

Etymology

from G2411 (ἱερόν) and G4813 (συλάω);

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