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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 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 the thief is [fn]caught while [fn]breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no guilt for bloodshed on his account.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 -

“If someone is [fn]caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he treats him as merchandise and sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 -

“The murderer arises at dawn;

He kills the poor and the needy,

And at night he is like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:5 -

“They are driven from the community;

They shout against them as against a thief,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:18 -

“When you see a thief, you become friends with him,

And [fn]you associate with adulterers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24 -

One who is a partner with a thief hates his own life;

He hears the oath but tells nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 -

Your rulers are rebels

And companions of thieves;

Everyone loves a bribe

And chases after gifts.

They do not obtain justice for the [fn]orphan,

Nor does the widow’s case come before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26 -

“Like the shame of a thief when he is discovered,

So the house of Israel is shamed;

They, their kings, their leaders,

Their priests, and their prophets,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9 -

“If grape pickers came to you,

Would they not leave gleanings?

If thieves came by night,

They would destroy only what was sufficient for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 -

When I would heal Israel,

The wrongdoing of Ephraim is uncovered,

And the evil deeds of Samaria,

For they practice deception;

The thief enters,

A band of robbers attack outside,

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9 -

They storm the city,

They run on the wall;

They climb 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 [fn]robbers by night—

Oh how you will be ruined!—

Would they not steal only [fn]until they had enough?

If grape-pickers came to you,

Would they not leave some 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 is going forth over the face of the entire [fn]land; everyone who steals certainly will be purged away according to [fn]the writing on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be purged away according to [fn]the writing on the other side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - “I will make it go forth,” declares the LORD of armies, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and destroy it with its timber and stones.”
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