# G2417 ἱερόσυλος

ἱερόσυλος (hierósylos), Strong’s G2417: a temple-despoiler KJV: robber of churches. Occurs 2 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2417 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*hierósylos* — a temple-despoiler

KJV: robber of churches

Built from [ἱερόν hierón](https://besorah.bible/word/G2411) (a sacred place, i.e. the entire precincts) + [συλάω syláō](https://besorah.bible/word/G4813) (probably akin to G138)

Occurs 2 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 19:37](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/19?v=37) — For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
- [2 Maccabees 4:42](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/4?v=42) — As a result, they wounded many of them, they killed some, and they forced the rest of them to flee, but the author of…