Acts 19:37:7Acts.19.37.W7TAB
ἱεροσύλους
hierosylous
“temple-robbers”
- Transliteration
- hi-e-ro-SY-lous
- Extended
- hih-eh-roh-SY-loos
- IPA
- /hi.e.roˈsyː.luːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- temple-robbers
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-e-ro-SY-lous
- sentence
Ê-ga-ge-te gar tous AN-dras TOU-tous OU-te hi-e-ro-SY-lous OU-te blas-phê-MOUN-tas tên the-ON hê-MON
Exegesis
nor' introduce a parallel denial of two offenses: hierosylous {ἱεροσύλους | hi-e-ro-sý-lous} 'temple-robbers' and blasphēmountas {βλασφημοῦντας | blas-phē-moûn-tas} 'blaspheming'.
Root and etymology
hieroshi-e-rós
“one who steals sacred things”
In context — Acts 19:37
For you have brought these men, who are neither temple-robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:37:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 19:37, so the Greek word ἱεροσύλους (hierosylous) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.19.37.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.37.W7.S1) and character.