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verb

Greekσυλάω (sulaō)
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sulamō

Strong’sG4813

I rob, plunder

stem sul-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.

** συλάω, -ῶ

[in LXX: Ep. Je 1:18 *;]

c. acc. pers., to strip, plunder, spoil: II Co 11:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4813 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoo-lah'-o

probably akin to G138; compare G4661); to despoil

Fromfrom a derivative of σύλλω (to strip;

King Jamesrob.

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
σῡλ-άω,
imperfect contraction in Epic dialect ἐσύλα, σύλα, Refs 8th c.BC+; Ionic dialect Iterat. σύλασκε Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, future συληθήσομαι Refs 4th c.BC+:—strip off, especially strip off the arms of a slain enemy, Refs 8th c.BC+
1 in full, with accusative person et of things, strip off from another, strip him of his arms (compare σκυλεύω), μή μιν Ἀχαιοὶ τεύχεα συλήσωσι Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ τὰ (i.e. ἔναρα).. νεκροὺς ἂμ πεδίον συλήσετε Refs 5th c.BC+:— passive, with accusative of things, to be stripped, robbed, deprived of a thing, σκῆπτρα συληθήσεται Refs 4th c.BC+; ταῦτ᾽ (i.e. τὰ τόξα) ἐσυλήθην ἐγώ Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with accusative, strip a person of his arms, ἦ τινα συλήσων νεκύων Refs 8th c.BC+: generally, pillage, plunder, τὰ ἱρά, τοὺς θεούς, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, βαρβάρων συλᾶσθ᾽ ὕπο Refs 5th c.BC+
3 with accusative of things, strip off, ὄφρα τάχιστα τεύχεα συλήσειε Refs 8th c.BC+
3.b take off or out, ἐσύλα τόξον took out the bow [from its case], Refs; σύλα πῶμα φαρέτρης took the lid off the quiver, Refs; with a notion of violence or suddenness, κρᾶτα σ. Μεδοίσας Refs 5th c.BC+
3.c carry off, τοὺς πολεμίους οὐ συλήσειν αὐτά (i.e. τὰ χρήματα) will not seize them as booty, Refs 5th c.BC+; θεῶν γέρα σ. Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be carried off as spoil, ἄγαλμα σεσυλημένον Refs 5th c.BC+; to be taken away, Refs 5th c.BC+
3.d exercise right of σῦλαι, Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, πανταχοῦ συλωμένων ἡμῶν the right of reprisals was exercised against us everywhere, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 after Refs 8th c.BC+ with accusative person et genitive _of things_, τίς σε δαίμων συλᾷ πάτρα; carries thee away from.. , Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, συλαθεὶς ἀγενείων stealing from among the boys, and enlisting among the men, Refs 5th 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.

robbed1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
sulamaἐσύλησαhappened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singularrobbed1×

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 personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularsulamōsulamesulamisulama1×ἐσύλησαsulamēsulamelē
you 2nd person singularsulasōsulasesulasisulasasulasēsulaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularsulatōsulatesulatisulatasulatēsulatelē
we 1st person pluralsulanōsulanesulanisulanasulanēsulanelē
ye 2nd person pluralsulavōsulavesulavisulavasulavēsulavelē
they 3rd person pluralsulalōsulalesulalisulalasulalēsulalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularsulameiōsulameiasulameiē
you 2nd person singularsulaseiōsulaseiasulaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularsulateiōsulateiasulateiē
we 1st person pluralsulaneiōsulaneiasulaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralsulaveiōsulaveiasulaveiē
they 3rd person pluralsulaleiōsulaleiasulaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularsulasōrsulasarsulasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularsulatōrsulatarsulatēr
ye 2nd person pluralsulavōrsulavarsulavēr
they 3rd person pluralsulalōrsulalarsulalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularsulamoiōsulamoia
you 2nd person singularsulasoiōsulasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularsulatoiōsulatoia
we 1st person pluralsulanoiōsulanoia
ye 2nd person pluralsulavoiōsulavoia
they 3rd person pluralsulaloiōsulaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicesularōsularisularasularē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicesularōntossularintossularantossularēntos

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
sulstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

sul 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

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

sulama“robbed”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular1×

2 Corinthians 11:8allosain ekklēsain sulama labarantos opsōniem pros tan vu diakonian,I robbed other churches by accepting their support …