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Lexicon :: Strong's H1589 - gānaḇ

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גָּנַב
Transliteration
gānaḇ
Pronunciation
gaw-nab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 364

Strong’s Definitions

גָּנַב gânab, gaw-nab'; a primitive root; to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive:—carry away, × indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H1589 in the following manner: steal (30x), steal away (7x), carry away (1x), brought (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H1589 in the following manner: steal (30x), steal away (7x), carry away (1x), brought (1x).

  1. to steal, steal away, carry away

    1. (Qal) to steal

    2. (Niphal) to be stolen

    3. (Piel) to steal away

    4. (Pual) to be stolen away, be brought by stealth

    5. (Hithpael) to go by stealth, steal away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּנַב gânab, gaw-nab'; a primitive root; to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive:—carry away, × indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
STRONGS H1589: Abbreviations
† [גָּנַב] verb steal (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic גְּנַב, bdb017006; Arabic bdb017007 is hurt the side, or put aside, denominative from bdb017008 side) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix גְּנָבַתּוּ Job 21:18; Job 27:20, גְּנָבָ֫תַם Genesis 31:22; 2nd person masculine singular גָּנַבְתּ Genesis 31:30; 1st person singular וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי consecutive Proverbs 30:9; גָּנְָֽבוּ Joshua 7:11; 2 Samuel 21:12; suffix גְּנָבוּךָ 2 Samuel 19:42; Imperfect יִגְנָֹֽב־ Exodus 21:37, יִגְנוֺב Proverbs 6:30, וַיִּגְנֹב Genesis 31:20; 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּגְנֹב Genesis 31:19 + 2 times; 2nd person masculine singular תִּגְנֹב Exodus 20:15; Deuteronomy 5:17, וַתִּגְנֹב Genesis 31:26, 27, יִגְנְבוּ Obadiah 5, תִּגְנֹ֑בוּ Leviticus 19:11, נִגְנֹב Genesis 44:8; Infinitive absolute גָּנֹב Exodus 22:11 + 2 times; Participle גֹּנֵב Exodus 21:16 + 2 times, גָּנוּב Genesis 30:33; feminine construct גְּנֻֽֽֽבְתִי Genesis 31:39 (twice in verse); plural גְּנוּבִים Proverbs 9:17; in Hexateuch always J E D, except Leviticus 19:11 (H); — steal with accusative of thing Genesis 31:19, 30, 32; Genesis 44:8; Exodus 21:37; 2 Samuel 21:12 compare passive Genesis 30:33; Genesis 31:39; Proverbs 9:17; with object person Exodus 21:16; Deuteronomy 24:7; 2 Samuel 19:42; = take by stealth (for good purpose) 2 Kings 11:2 2 Chronicles 22:11; absolute Exodus 20:15 = Deuteronomy 5:17; Leviticus 19:11; Joshua 7:11; Proverbs 6:30; Proverbs 30:9; Obadiah 5; Zechariah 5:3, compareInfinitive absolute Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9 & (with Niph.) Exodus 22:11; גנב לֵב = deceive Genesis 31:20, 26 cf Di; אֹתִי ג׳ Genesis 31:27 id.; of sudden sweeping off by storm, in simile Job 21:18 figurative of destruction of wicked Job 27:20.
Niph. be stolen, subject of thing גָּנֹב יִגָּנֵב Exodus 22:11.
Pi. steal away (transitive) וַיְגַגֵּב אבשׁלום את־לֵב 2 Samuel 15:6; מְגַנְּבֵי דְּבָרַי Jeremiah 23:30.
Pu. be stolen away subject person גֻּנֹּב גֻּנַּבְתִּי Genesis 40:15; subject of thing וְגֻנַּב consecutive Exodus 22:6; be brought by stealth Job 4:12. יְגֻנָּ֑ב.
Hithp. go by stealth, steal away יִתְגַּנֵּב 2 Samuel 19:4, וַיִּתְגַּנֵּב 2 Samuel 19:4. (Syriac bdb017009 steal oneself away; so bdb017010 Genesis 31:27.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:33; 30:33; 31:19; 31:19; 31:20; 31:20; 31:22; 31:26; 31:26; 31:27; 31:27; 31:27; 31:30; 31:30; 31:32; 31:39; 31:39; 40:15; 44:8; 44:8

Exodus

20:15; 20:15; 21:16; 21:16; 22:6; 22:11; 22:11; 22:11

Leviticus

19:11; 19:11; 19:11

Deuteronomy

5:17; 5:17; 24:7

Joshua

7:11; 7:11

2 Samuel

15:6; 19:4; 19:4; 19:42; 19:42; 21:12; 21:12

2 Kings

11:2

2 Chronicles

22:11

Job

4:12; 21:18; 21:18; 27:20; 27:20

Proverbs

6:30; 6:30; 9:17; 9:17; 30:9; 30:9

Jeremiah

7:9; 23:30

Hosea

4:2

Obadiah

1:5; 1:5

Zechariah

5:3

H1589

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Strong's Number H1589 matches the Hebrew גָּנַב (gānaḇ),
which occurs 40 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - And my righteousness shall [fn]answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and grey among the rams, shall be stolen with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father's images.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20 - And Jacob hid the matter from Laban the Syrian, so as not to tell him that he ran away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done? wherefore didst thou run away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30 - Now then go on thy way, for thou hast earnestly desired to depart to the house of thy father; wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - And Jacob said, With whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, he shall not live in the presence of our brethren; take notice of what I have of thy property, and take it; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob knew not that his wife Rachel had stolen them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:39 - That which was taken of beasts I brought not to thee; I made good of myself the thefts of the day, and the thefts of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:15 - For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - If we brought back to thee out of the land of Chanaan the money which we found in our sacks, how should we steal silver or gold out of the house of thy lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:15 - (LXX 20:14) [fn] Thou shalt not steal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:16 - (LXX 21:17) Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him [fn] certainly die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - (LXX 21:37) And if one steal [fn]an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall pay five calves for a calf, and four sheep for a sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - (LXX 22:6) And if any one give to his neighbour money or goods to keep, and they be stolen out of the man's house, if the thief be found, he shall repay double.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:12 - (LXX 22:11) And if it be stolen from him, he shall make compensation to the owner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11 - Ye shall not steal, ye shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:19 - Thou shalt not steal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - And if a man should be caught stealing [fn]one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shalt thou remove that evil one from yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11 - The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:6 - And Abessalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and Abessalom gained the hearts of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3 - (LXX 19:4) And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as people steal away when they are ashamed as they flee in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - (LXX 19:42) And behold, [fn]all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee away, and caused the king and all his house to pass over Jordan, and all the men of David with him?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of the sons of Jabis Galaad, who stole them from the street of Bæthsan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines smote Saul in Gelbue.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - And Josabee daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas the son of her brother, and stole him from among the king's sons that were put to death, secreting him and his nurse in the bedchamber, and hid him from the face of Gotholia, and he was not slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Josabeeth, the daughter of the king, took Joas the son of Ochozias and rescued him secretly out of the midst of the sons of the king that were put to death, and she placed him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Josabeeth daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, wife of Jodae the priest, hid him, and she even hid him from Gotholia, and she did not slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12 - But if there had been any truth in thy words, none of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 - Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:30 - It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, for he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17 - Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 - lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear vainly by the name of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - and ye murder, and commit adultery, and steal, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and are gone after strange gods whom ye know not,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:30 - Behold, I am therefore against the prophets, saith the Lord God, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - If thieves came in to thee, or robbers by night, where wouldest thou have been cast away? would they not have stolen just enough for themselves? and if grape-gatherers went in to thee, would they not leave a gleaning?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side.
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