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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 Box Exo 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2 - [fn] If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - “If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 - The murderer rises before it is light,
that he may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:5 - They are driven out from human company;
they shout after them as after a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:18 - If you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
and you keep company with adulterers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24 - The partner of a thief hates his own life;
he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26 - “As a thief is shamed when caught,
so the house of Israel shall be shamed:
they, their kings, their officials,
their priests, and their prophets,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9 - If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
would they not destroy only enough for themselves?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 - when I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of Samaria,
for they deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9 - They leap upon the city,
they run upon the walls,
they climb up into the houses,
they enter through the windows like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - If thieves came to you,
if plunderers came by night—
how you have been destroyed!—
would they not steal only enough for themselves?
If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave gleanings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears falsely[fn] shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - I will send it out, declares the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall remain in his house and consume it, both timber and stones.”
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