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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxMat 6:19 -

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves G2812 break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves G2812 do not break in or steal;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - “But [fn]be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief G2812 was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed his house to be [fn]broken into.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33 -

“Sell your possessions and give it as charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief G2812 comes near nor moth destroys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:39 -

“But [fn]be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief G2812 was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be [fn]broken into.

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“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief G2812 and a robber.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - “All who came before Me are thieves G2812 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 G2812 comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and [fn]have it abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:6 - Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief G2812, and as he had the money box, he used to take from what was put into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - nor thieves G2812, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:2 - For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord [fn]will come just like a thief G2812 in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you [fn]like a thief G2812,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:15 - Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief G2812, or evildoer, or a [fn]troublesome meddler;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - But the day of the Lord will come like a thief G2812, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and [fn]its works will be [fn]found out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - ‘So remember [fn]what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief G2812, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:15 - (“Behold, I am coming like a thief G2812. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”)
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