Lexicon
συλάω
sulaō
G4813
G:V Greek

to rob

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Greek
Language

sulao describes taking support from other assemblies in the stated act of serving the recipients.

The lone attested use describes the speaker's past act of taking support from other assemblies in order to serve the recipients.

Senses in use

  1. Taking support from other assemblies · dominant

    In 2 Corinthians 11:8, the first-person aorist active indicative form refers to a completed action by the speaker involving other assemblies; the APB renders the clause, "I robbed other assemblies by accepting support from them in order to serve you."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Corinthians 11:8, the APB presents the action as "robbed other assemblies" and explains it through accepting their support.

Passages featuring this word

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