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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)
Dictionary Aids

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, (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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13 -

He said to them, “It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 -

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal,[fn] to capture me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple, and you didn’t arrest me.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:38 -

Then two criminals[fn] were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:44 -

In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with him taunted him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 -

He was teaching them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48 -

Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal,[fn] to capture me?

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:27 -

They crucified two criminals[fn] with him, one on his right and one on his left.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:30 -

Jesus took up the question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:36 -

“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:46 -

and he said, “It is written, my house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 -

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 -

“Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 -

“All who came before me[fn] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:40 -

They shouted back, “Not this man, but Barabbas! ” Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 -

On frequent journeys, I faced dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, and dangers among false brothers;

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