Sacrilege

SACRILEGE sak'-ri-lej:

For "commit sacrilege" in Romans 2:22 (the King James Version and the English Revised Version margin), the Revised Version (British and American) has "rob temples," which more exactly expresses the meaning of the verb (hierosuleo; compare Acts 19:37, "robbers of temples" (which see)). The noun occurs in 2 Macc 4:39 (the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American)) for the corresponding form hierosulema.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SACRILEGE'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.