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Lexicon :: Strong's G3027 - lēstēs

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λῃστής
Transliteration
lēstēs (Key)
Pronunciation
lace-tace'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From leizomai (to plunder)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:257,532

Trench's Synonyms: xliv. κλέπτης, λῃστής.

Strong’s Definitions

λῃστής lēistḗs, lace-tace'; from ληΐζομαι lēḯzomai (to plunder); a brigand:—robber, thief.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G3027 in the following manner: thief (11x), robber (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G3027 in the following manner: thief (11x), robber (4x).

  1. a robber, plunderer, freebooter, brigand

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λῃστής lēistḗs, lace-tace'; from ληΐζομαι lēḯzomai (to plunder); a brigand:—robber, thief.
STRONGS G3027:
λῃστής, ληστου, ὁ (for ληιστής from ληίζομαι, to plunder, and this from Ionic and epic ληίς, for which the Attics use λεῖα, booty) (from Sophocles and Herodotus down), a robber; a plunderer, freebooter, brigand: Matthew 26:55; Mark 14:48; Luke 22:52; John 10:1; John 18:40; plural, Matthew 21:13; Matthew 27:38, 44; Mark 11:17; Mark 15:27; Luke 10:30, 36; Luke 19:46; John 10:8; 2 Corinthians 11:26. (Not to be confounded with κλέπτης thief, one who takes property by stealth (although the distinction is obscured in A. V.); cf. Trench, § xliv.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:13; 26:55; 27:38; 27:44
Mark
11:17; 14:48; 15:27
Luke
10:30; 10:36; 19:46; 22:52
John
10:1; 10:8; 18:40
2 Corinthians
11:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3027 matches the Greek λῃστής (lēstēs),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13 - And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:38 - Then are crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:44 - And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - And he taught saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48 - And Jesus answering said to them, Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and sticks to take me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:27 - And with him they crucify two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:30 - And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away leaving him in a half-dead state.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:36 - Which now of these three seems to thee to have been neighbour of him who fell into the hands of the robbers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:46 - saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders, who were come against him, Have ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but mounts up elsewhere, *he* is a thief and a robber;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:40 - They cried therefore again all, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the nations, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils on the sea, in perils among false brethren;
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