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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2417. ἱερόσυλος (hierosulos) -- Temple robber, sacrilegious person</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2417.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/1_john/1-3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2417.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2417</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2416.htm" title="2416">◄</a> 2417. hierosulos <a href="../greek/2418.htm" title="2418">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">hierosulos: Temple robber, sacrilegious person</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἱερόσυλος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>hierosulos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>hee-er-os'-oo-los<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hee-er-os'-oo-los)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Temple robber, sacrilegious person<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>robbing temples, but possibly simply: sacrilegious.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From ἱερός (hieros, meaning "sacred" or "holy") and σύλη (sule, meaning "robbery" or "plunder")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "hierosulos," the concept of sacrilege or desecration of sacred things can be related to Hebrew terms such as חָלַל (chalal, Strong's H2490), meaning "to profane" or "to defile."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "hierosulos" refers to someone who commits sacrilege, specifically by stealing from a temple or desecrating sacred things. In the New Testament context, it denotes a person who violates the sanctity of what is dedicated to God.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient times, temples were not only places of worship but also served as treasuries and repositories for valuable items. The act of temple robbery was considered a grave offense, not only against the community but also against the deity to whom the temple was dedicated. In Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures, such acts were seen as deeply irreverent and punishable by severe penalties.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2413.htm">hieros</a> and <a href="/greek/4813.htm">sulaó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>robbing temples<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>robbers of temples (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2417: ἱερόσυλος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἱερόσυλος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἱερόσυλον</span> (from <span class="greek2">ἱερόν</span> and <span class="greek2">συλάω</span>), <span class="accented">guilty of sacrilege</span>: <a href="/interlinear/acts/19-37.htm">Acts 19:37</a> (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">robbers of temples</span>; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> in The Contemp. Rev. for 1878, p. 294f). (2 Macc. 4:42; <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span>, others.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>robber of temples <p>From <a href="/greek/2411.htm">hieron</a> and <a href="/greek/4813.htm">sulao</a>; a temple-despoiler -- robber of churches. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2411.htm">hieron</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4813.htm">sulao</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ιεροσυλους ιεροσύλους ἱεροσύλους hierosylous hierosýlous ierosulous<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/19-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 19:37</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural">Adj-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/19.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τούτους οὔτε <b>ἱεροσύλους</b> οὔτε βλασφημοῦντας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [here] who are neither <span class="itali">robbers of temples</span> nor<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> which are neither <span class="itali">robbers of churches,</span> nor yet<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/19-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> these neither <span class="itali">temple plunderers</span> nor are defaming<p><b><a href="/greek/2417.htm">Strong's Greek 2417</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2417.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ierosulous_2417.htm">ἱεροσύλους — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2416.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2416"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2416" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2418.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2418"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2418" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>