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Lexicon :: Strong's G2812 - kleptēs

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κλέπτης
Transliteration
kleptēs (Key)
Pronunciation
klep'-tace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:754,441

Trench's Synonyms: xliv. κλέπτης, λῃστής.

Strong’s Definitions

κλέπτης kléptēs, klep'-tace; from G2813; a stealer (literally or figuratively):—thief. Compare G3027.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G2812 in the following manner: thief (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G2812 in the following manner: thief (16x).

  1. an embezzler, pilferer

    1. the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κλέπτης kléptēs, klep'-tace; from G2813; a stealer (literally or figuratively):—thief. Compare G3027.
STRONGS G2812:
κλέπτης, κλέπτου, ὁ (κλέπτω) (from Homer down), the Sept. for גַּנָּב, a thief: Matthew 6:19; Matthew 24:43; Luke 12:33, 39; John 10:1, 10; 1 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Peter 4:15; an embezzler, pilferer, John 12:6; ἔρχεσθαι or ἥκειν... ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτί, equivalent to to come unexpectedly, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 4; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 3:3; Revelation 16:15; the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain, John 10:8. (Synonym: see λῃστής, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:19; 24:43
Luke
12:33; 12:39
John
10:1; 10:8; 10:10; 12:6
1 Corinthians
6:10
1 Thessalonians
5:2; 5:4
1 Peter
4:15
2 Peter
3:10
Revelation
3:3; 16:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2812 matches the Greek κλέπτης (kleptēs),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33 - Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:39 - But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:10 - The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:6 - Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:2 - For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:15 - For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:15 - (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
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