verb
hierosulamō
Strong’sG2416
I commit sacrilege
stem hierosul-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ἱερο-συλέω, -ῶ
(< ἱερόσυλος, q.v.), [in LXX: II Mac 9:2*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2416 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhee-er-os-ool-eh'-o
to be a temple-robber (figuratively)
Fromfrom G2417;
King Jamescommit sacrilege.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
perfect ἱεροσύληκα Refs 3rd c.BC+:—rob a temple, commit sacrilege, Refs 5th c.BC+
II with accusative, ἱ. τὰ ὅπλα steal the sacred arms, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἱ. τὰ ἱερά rob or plunder the temples, Refs 3rd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| hierosulasōἱεροσυλεῖς | happening now · youpresent active indicative 2nd person singular | rob temples | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hierosulamō | hierosulame | hierosulami | hierosulama | hierosulamē | hierosulamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | hierosulasō1×ἱεροσυλεῖς | hierosulase | hierosulasi | hierosulasa | hierosulasē | hierosulaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hierosulatō | hierosulate | hierosulati | hierosulata | hierosulatē | hierosulatelē |
| we 1st person plural | hierosulanō | hierosulane | hierosulani | hierosulana | hierosulanē | hierosulanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hierosulavō | hierosulave | hierosulavi | hierosulava | hierosulavē | hierosulavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | hierosulalō | hierosulale | hierosulali | hierosulala | hierosulalē | hierosulalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hierosulameiō | hierosulameia | hierosulameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | hierosulaseiō | hierosulaseia | hierosulaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hierosulateiō | hierosulateia | hierosulateiē |
| we 1st person plural | hierosulaneiō | hierosulaneia | hierosulaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hierosulaveiō | hierosulaveia | hierosulaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | hierosulaleiō | hierosulaleia | hierosulaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | hierosulasōr | hierosulasar | hierosulasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hierosulatōr | hierosulatar | hierosulatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | hierosulavōr | hierosulavar | hierosulavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | hierosulalōr | hierosulalar | hierosulalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hierosulamoiō | hierosulamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | hierosulasoiō | hierosulasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hierosulatoiō | hierosulatoia |
| we 1st person plural | hierosulanoiō | hierosulanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | hierosulavoiō | hierosulavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | hierosulaloiō | hierosulaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hierosularō | hierosulari | hierosulara | hierosularē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hierosularōntos | hierosularintos | hierosularantos | hierosularēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
hierosul is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
hierosulasō“rob temples”happening now · youpresent active indicative 2nd person singular1×
Romans 2:22… moicheuarō moicheuasō? tos bdelussorōntor teim eidōleim hierosulasō?… You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?