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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 Box Gen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among my goats, and brown among my lambs -- it is stolen with me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20 - and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And Laban saith to Jacob, 'What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Why hast thou hidden thyself to flee, and deceivest me, and hast not declared to me, and I send thee away with joy and with songs, with tabret and with harp,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30 - 'And now, thou hast certainly gone, because thou hast been very desirous for the house of thy father; why hast thou stolen my gods?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - with whomsoever thou findest thy gods -- he doth not live; before our brethren discern for thyself what is with me, and take to thyself:' and Jacob hath not known that Rachel hath stolen them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:39 - the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I, I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:15 - for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they have put me in the pit.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:15 - 'Thou dost not steal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:16 - 'And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - 'When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - 'When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:12 - but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:11 - 'Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:19 - 'Thou dost not steal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - 'When a man is found stealing a person, of his brethren, of the sons of Israel, and hath tyrannized over him, and sold him, then hath that thief died, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11 - Israel hath sinned, and also they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and also taken of the devoted thing, and also stolen, and also deceived, and also put it among their vessels,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:6 - and Absalom doth according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment unto the king, and Absalom stealeth the heart of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3 - And the people stealeth away, on that day, to go in to the city, as the people steal away, who are ashamed, in their fleeing in battle;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - And, lo, all the men of Israel are coming unto the king, and they say unto the king, 'Wherefore have they stolen thee -- our brethren, the men of Judah?' (and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him).

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - and David goeth and taketh the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the possessors of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-Shan, where the Philistines hanged them, in the day of the Philistines smiting Saul in Gilboa;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - and Jehosheba daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, taketh Joash son of Ahaziah, and stealeth him out of the midst of the sons of the king who are put to death, him and his nurse, in the inner part of the bed-chambers, and they hide him from the presence of Athaliah, and he hath not been put to death,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - And Jehoshabeath daughter of the king taketh Joash son of Ahaziah, and stealeth him from the midst of the sons of the king who are put to death, and putteth him and his nurse into the inner part of the bed-chambers, and Jehoshabeath daughter of king Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she hath been sister of Ahaziah, hideth him from the face of Athaliah, and she hath not put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12 - And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:18 - They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:20 - Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:30 - They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17 - 'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 - Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:30 - Therefore, lo, I am against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Stealing My words each from his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - And he saith unto me, 'This is the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent.
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