Strong's Lexicon
G4661 — σκῦλον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4661 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σκῦλον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter from G4660 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | skulon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | skoo`-lon |
| Meaning: | 1. something stripped (as a hide), i.e. booty |
| KJV Renderings: | spoil |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκῦλον (Rbez G L T WH) also σκῦλον ((so Rst elz Tr) cf. Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 44), σκυλου, τό (from the obsolete σκύω, ’to pull off’, allied to ξύω, ξύλον (but cf. Curtius, § 113; Vanicek, p. 1115));
a. a (beast’s) skin stripped off, a pelt.
b. the arms stripped off from an enemy, spoils: plural Luk 11:22. (Sophocles, Thucydides, and following; the Sept..)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σκῦλον (spoil)
Luke 11:22
- KJV: But when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted and divideth his spoils
- GK: επάν δε ο ισχυρότερος αυτού επελθών νικήση αυτόν την πανοπλίαν αυτού αίρει εφ΄ η επεποίθει και τα σκύλα αυτού διαδίδωσιν
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