verb
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 *;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sulamaἐσύλησα | happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular | robbed | 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 | sulamō | sulame | sulami | sulama1×ἐσύλησα | sulamē | sulamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sulasō | sulase | sulasi | sulasa | sulasē | sulaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sulatō | sulate | sulati | sulata | sulatē | sulatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sulanō | sulane | sulani | sulana | sulanē | sulanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sulavō | sulave | sulavi | sulava | sulavē | sulavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sulalō | sulale | sulali | sulala | sulalē | sulalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sulameiō | sulameia | sulameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sulaseiō | sulaseia | sulaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sulateiō | sulateia | sulateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sulaneiō | sulaneia | sulaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sulaveiō | sulaveia | sulaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sulaleiō | sulaleia | sulaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sulasōr | sulasar | sulasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sulatōr | sulatar | sulatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sulavōr | sulavar | sulavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sulalōr | sulalar | sulalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sulamoiō | sulamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sulasoiō | sulasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sulatoiō | sulatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sulanoiō | sulanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sulavoiō | sulavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sulaloiō | sulaloia |
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 | sularō | sulari | sulara | sularē |
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 | sularōntos | sularintos | sularantos | sularēntos |
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
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 …