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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.)
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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13 - And He *said G3004 to them, “It is written, G1125 ‘MY HOUSE G3624 SHALL BE CALLED G2564 A HOUSE G3624 OF PRAYER G4335’; but you are making G4160 it a ROBBERS’ G3027 [fn]DEN G4693.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - At that time G5610 Jesus G2424 said G3004 to the crowds, G3793 “Have you come G1831 out with swords G3162 and clubs G3586 to arrest G4815 Me as you would against G1909 a robber? G3027 Every G2596 day G2250 I used to sit G2516 in the temple G2413 teaching G1321 and you did not seize G2902 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:38 - At that time G5119 two G1417 robbers G3027 *were crucified G4717 with Him, one G1520 on the right G1188 and one G1520 on the left. G2176

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:44 - The robbers G3027 who had been crucified G4957 with Him were also G2532 insulting G3679 Him with the same G846 words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - And He began to teach G1321 and say G3004 to them, “Is it not written, G1125 ‘MY HOUSE G3624 SHALL BE CALLED G2564 A HOUSE G3624 OF PRAYER G4335 FOR ALL G3956 THE NATIONS G1484’? But you have made G4160 it a ROBBERS’ G3027 [fn]DEN G4693.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48 - And Jesus G2424 said G3004 to them, “Have you come G1831 out with swords G3162 and clubs G3586 to arrest G4815 Me, as you would against G1909 a robber? G3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:27 - They *crucified G4717 two G1417 robbers G3027 with Him, one G1520 on His right G1188 and one G1520 on His left. G2176

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:30 - Jesus G2424 replied G5274 and said, G3004 “A man G444 was going G2597 down G2597 from Jerusalem G2419 to Jericho, G2410 and fell G4045 among G4045 robbers, G3027 and they stripped G1562 him and [fn]beat G2007 G4127 him, and went G565 away G565 leaving G863 him half G2253 dead. G2253

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:36 - “Which G5101 of these G3778 three G5140 do you think G1380 proved G1096 to be a neighbor G4139 to the man who fell G1706 into the robbers’ G3027 hands?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:46 - saying G3004 to them, “It is written, G1125 ‘AND MY HOUSE G3624 SHALL BE A HOUSE G3624 OF PRAYER G4335,’ but you have made G4160 it a ROBBERS’ G3027 [fn]DEN G4693.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - Then G2532 Jesus G2424 said G3004 to the chief G749 priests G749 and officers G4755 of the temple G2413 and elders G4245 who had come G3854 against G1909 Him, “Have you come G1831 out with swords G3162 and clubs G3586 as you would against G1909 a robber? G3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - “Truly, G281 truly, G281 I say G3004 to you, he who does not enter G1525 by the door G2374 into the fold G833 of the sheep, G4263 but climbs G305 up some G237 other G237 way, G237 he is a thief G2812 and a robber. G3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - “All G3956 who G3745 came G2064 before G4253 Me are thieves G2812 and robbers, G3027 but the sheep G4263 did not hear G191 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:40 - So G3767 they cried G2905 out again, G3825 saying, G3004 “Not this G3778 Man, G3778 but Barabbas.” G912 Now G1161 Barabbas G912 was a robber. G3027

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - I have been on frequent G4178 journeys, G3597 in dangers G2794 from rivers, G4215 dangers G2794 from robbers, G3027 dangers G2794 from my countrymen, G1085 dangers G2794 from the Gentiles, G1484 dangers G2794 in the city, G4172 dangers G2794 in the wilderness, G2047 dangers G2794 on the sea, G2281 dangers G2794 among G1722 false G5569 brethren; G5569
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