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Lexicon :: Strong's G3027 - lēstēs

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λῃστής
Transliteration
lēstēs (Key)
Pronunciation
lace-tace'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From leizomai (to plunder)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:257,532

Trench's Synonyms: xliv. κλέπτης, λῃστής.

Strong’s Definitions

λῃστής lēistḗs, lace-tace'; from ληΐζομαι lēḯzomai (to plunder); a brigand:—robber, thief.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G3027 in the following manner: thief (11x), robber (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G3027 in the following manner: thief (11x), robber (4x).

  1. a robber, plunderer, freebooter, brigand

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λῃστής lēistḗs, lace-tace'; from ληΐζομαι lēḯzomai (to plunder); a brigand:—robber, thief.
STRONGS G3027:
λῃστής, ληστου, ὁ (for ληιστής from ληίζομαι, to plunder, and this from Ionic and epic ληίς, for which the Attics use λεῖα, booty) (from Sophocles and Herodotus down), a robber; a plunderer, freebooter, brigand: Matthew 26:55; Mark 14:48; Luke 22:52; John 10:1; John 18:40; plural, Matthew 21:13; Matthew 27:38, 44; Mark 11:17; Mark 15:27; Luke 10:30, 36; Luke 19:46; John 10:8; 2 Corinthians 11:26. (Not to be confounded with κλέπτης thief, one who takes property by stealth (although the distinction is obscured in A. V.); cf. Trench, § xliv.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:13; 26:55; 27:38; 27:44
Mark
11:17; 14:48; 15:27
Luke
10:30; 10:36; 19:46; 22:52
John
10:1; 10:8; 18:40
2 Corinthians
11:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3027 matches the Greek λῃστής (lēstēs),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13 - Jesus said to them, “It is written [in Scripture], ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER’; but you are making it a ROBBERS’ DEN.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 -

At that moment Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Day after day I used to sit in the porches and courts of the temple teaching, and you did not arrest Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:38 -

At the same time two robbers were crucified with Jesus, one on the right and one on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:44 - The robbers who had been crucified with Him also began to insult Him in the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS’? But you have made it a ROBBERS’ DEN.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48 - Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:27 -

They crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:30 - Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he encountered robbers, who stripped him of his clothes [and belongings], beat him, and went their way [unconcerned], leaving him half dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:36 - “Which of these three do you think proved himself a neighbor to the man who encountered the robbers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:46 - saying to them, “It is written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER’; but you have made it a ROBBERS’ DEN.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders [of the Sanhedrin] who had come out against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 -

“I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up from some other place [on the stone wall], that one 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 [as false messiahs and self-appointed leaders] are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not hear them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:40 - Then they all shouted back again, “Not this Man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a [fn]robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - many times on journeys, [exposed to] danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own countrymen, danger from the Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger on the sea, danger among those posing as believers;
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