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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - 'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33 - sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:39 - 'And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - 'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - all, as many as came before me, are thieves 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 doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came 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 - and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:2 - for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:15 - for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - and it will come -- the day of the Lord -- as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - 'Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:15 - 'lo, I do come as a thief; happy is he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --
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