Strong’s G4661 · Greek

σκῦλον
skŷlon

Definition

something stripped (as a hide), i.e. booty

Etymology

neuter from G4660 (σκύλλω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • spoil

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.