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(ἱεÏοÌσυλοι, hieroÌsuloi, “guilty of sacrilegeâ€): A term used by the town clerk of Ephesus (, the King James Version “robbers of churchesâ€). As the temple of Diana (Artemas) had a great treasure-chamber, the offense might not be unknown among them; compare .
In 2 Macc 4:42 the King James Version the epithet “church-robber†(the Revised Version (British and American) “author of the sacrilegeâ€) is applied to LYSIMACHUS (which see).