ἱερόσυλος

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ἱερόσυλος, -ον

(ἱερόν, συλάω), [in LXX: 2Ma.4.42 (cf. -λημα, 2Ma.4.39; -λία, 2Ma.13.6)* ;]

robbing temples: Acts 19:37.

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Acts 19:37ἱεροσύλους · robbed [our] temple
For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.