Strong's Number G2416

ἱεροσυλέω

hierosuleo · hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o

Transliteration:

hierosuleo{hee-er-os-ool-eh'-o}

Word Origin:

from 2417

TDNT:

3:255,349

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to be a temple-robber (figuratively)

Usage in the KJV:

commit sacrilege 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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