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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2812 - κλέπτης

Transliteration

kléptēs

Phonetics

klep'-tace

Origin

from (G2813)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

3:754,441

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

an embezzler, pilferer
1. the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1590 ‑ גַּנָּב (gan‑nawb'); 1590 ‑ גַּנָּב (gan‑nawb');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (16)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 4

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 2

BSB (16)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 4

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 2

CSB (16)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 4

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 2

ESV (16)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 4

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 2

KJV (16)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 4

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (16)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 4

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 2

N95 (16)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 4

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 2

NAS (16)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 4

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 2

NLT (15)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 5

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 4

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

Revelation 4

WEB (16)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 4

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 2

YLT (16)

Matthew 3

Luke 2

John 4

1 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

Revelation 2

ASV (16)

a thief 8

the thief 3

thief 1

thieves 4

BSB (16)

a thief 7

thief 5

thieves 4

CSB (16)

the thief 2

thief 10

thieves 4

ESV (16)

thief 12

thieves 4

KJV (16)

thief 12

thieves 4

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (16)

thief 12

thieves 4

N95 (16)

thief 12

thieves 4

NAS (16)

thief 12

thieves 4

NLT (15)

burglar 2

stealing 1

thief 8

thieves 4

WEB (16)

a thief 8

of the night the thief 1

the thief 2

thief 1

thieves 4

YLT (16)

a thief 7

thief 5

thieves 4

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

ANT

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

BEZ

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

BGB

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

BMT

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

BYZ

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

ELZ

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

NA26

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

SBL

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

SCV

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

STV

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

TIS

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

TRG

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 12

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κλέπτ-ης, ου, ὁ,

1. thief, Il. 3.11; τὸν πυρὸς κ. A. Pr. 946; κλέπτα δύο Ar. V. 928; opp. ἅρπαξ (a robber), Myrtil. 4; λῃστὰς ἢ κλέπτας Pl. R. 351c, cf. John 10:8; ὁ τοῦ κ. λόγος, a logical fallacy, Arist. SE 180b18.

2. generally, cheat, knave, S. Aj. 1135; κακῶν ἀλλοτρίων κ. D. 45.59.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κλέπτης, κλέπτου, ὁ (κλέπτω) (from Homer down), the Sept. for גַּנָּב, a thief: Matthew 6:19; Matthew 24:43; Luke 12:33, 39; John 10:1, 10; 1 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Peter 4:15; an embezzler, pilferer, John 12:6; ἔρχεσθαι or ἥκειν ... ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτί, equivalent to to come unexpectedly, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 4; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 3:3; Revelation 16:15; the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain, John 10:8. (Synonym: see λῃστής, at the end.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κλέπτης , -ου , ὁ ,

[in LXX for H1590;]

a thief: Matthew 6:19-20; Matthew 24:43, Luke 12:33; Luke 12:39, John 10:1; John 10:10; John 12:6, 1 Corinthians 6:10, 1 Peter 4:15. Fig., ὡς κ . ἐν νυκτί , 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:4 (κλέπτας , WH, txt., R, mg.; v. Lft., Notes, 73; but cf. also M, Th., l.c.), 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 3:3; Revelation 16:15. Metaph., of false teachers, John 10:8.†

SYN.: λῃστής G3027, a robber, a brigand who plunders, openly, with violence; κ . is a thief who steals in secret, by fraud and cunning (Tr., Syn., § xliv).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

PSI IV. 393.18 (B.C. 242–1) νυκτὸς παραγενόμενοι κλέπται recalls 1 Thessalonians 5:2. In P Lond 46.172ff. (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 70) we have a charm—.172 κλέπτην πιάσαι, ";to catch a thief,"; in which there occurs an invocation to Hermes—.188 κλεπτῶν εὑρέτην. With Paul’s list of vices in 1 Corinthians 6:9 f. Deissmann (LAE p. 320 f.) compares the popular names of vices in Latin on the backs of tesserae or counters, which were used in an ancient game resembling draughts : thus corresponding to κλέπται we have fur, and to ἅρπαγες arpax. With the use of κλέπται for ";false teachers"; in John 10:8 we may perhaps compare the mention of φῶρες in a census-paper containing a list of professions, P Petr III. 59 (a)ii. 9 (Ptol.). These, as the editors point out, can hardly be ";thieves"; in the ordinary sense of the word : they were more likely ";searchers for stolen property"; on the principle ";set a thief to catch a thief.";

The Klefts of modern Greece have made the MGr form κλέφτης familiar to every one : to propitiate the brigands a capital letter is generally used.

List of Word Forms

κλεπται κλέπται κλέπτη κλέπτην κλεπτης κλέπτης κλέπτου κλεπτών kleptai kléptai kleptes kleptēs kléptes kléptēs