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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 14 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2 - (LXX 22:1) And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - And if a man should be caught stealing [fn]one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shalt thou remove that evil one from yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:5 - Thieves have risen up against me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:18 - (LXX 49:18) If thou sawest a thief, thou [fn]rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24 - He that shares with a thief, hates his own soul: and if any having heard an oath uttered tell not of it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26 - As is the shame of a thief when he is caught, so shall the children of Israel be ashamed; they, and their kings, and their princes, and their priests, and their prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9 - (LXX 30:3) For grape-gatherers are come, who shall not leave thee a remnant; as thieves by night, they shall lay their hand upon thy possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 - When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, even a robber spoiling in his way;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9 - They shall seize upon the city, and run upon the walls, and go up upon the houses, and enter in through the windows as thieves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - If thieves came in to thee, or robbers by night, where wouldest thou have been cast away? would they not have stolen just enough for themselves? and if grape-gatherers went in to thee, would they not leave a gleaning?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - And I will bring it forth, saith the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.
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