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To rob

συλάωStrong’s G4813

sulaō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sulaō is the Greek word usually translated “robbed”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.”
2 Corinthians 11:8 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “robbed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • i robbed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Corinthians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    συλάω sulaō · to rob

    συλάω, -ῶ [in LXX: Ep. Jer.1:18 * ;] with accusative of person(s), to strip, plunder, spoil: 2Co.11:8.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “rob” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    ROB, noun

      All definitions and other forms of “rob”

        ROB, verb transitive

        1. In law, to take from the person of another feloniously, forcibly and by putting him in fear; as, to rob a passenger on the road.
        2. To seize and carry from any thing by violence and with felonious intent; as, to rob a coach; to rob the mail.
        3. To plunder; to strip unlawfully; as, to rob an orchard; to rob a man of his just praise.
        4. To take away by oppression or by violence.“ROB not the poor because he is poor” Proverbs 22:22
        5. To take from; to deprive.
        6. In a loose sense, to steal; to take privately without permission of the owner.
        7. To withhold what is due. Malachi 3:8

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.