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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - "Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33 - Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out - a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:39 - But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - "I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:10 - The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so 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 Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:2 - For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:15 - But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:15 - (Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen. )
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