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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 saith to them, 'It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, 'As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:38 - Then crucified with him are 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 - with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - and he was teaching, saying to them, 'Hath it not been written -- My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and ye did make 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, 'As against a robber ye came out, 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 the right hand, and one on his left,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:30 - and Jesus having taken up the word, said, 'A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving him half dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:36 - 'Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:46 - saying to them, 'It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but ye 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 those having come upon him -- chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders -- 'As upon a robber have ye come forth, 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 who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - all, as many as 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 - therefore they all cried out again, saying, 'Not this one -- but Barabbas;' and Barabbas was a robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - journeyings many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from kindred, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brethren;
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