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Strong's #3027 - λῃστής
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λῃστ-ής, οῦ, ὁ,
Ion. ληϊστής, Dor. λᾳστής, (ληΐς, ληΐζομαι)
I robber, pirate, E. Alc. 766, X. Cyr. 2.4.23, etc.; opp. κλέπτης, Pl. R. 351c; esp. by sea, buccaneer, later πειρατής, And. 1.138, etc.; λῃστοῦ βίον ζῆν Pl. Grg. 507e; ληϊστὴς κατεστήκεε Καρχηδονίων he began a course of piracies upon them, Hdt. 6.17, cf. Th. 1.5, 8, 6.4; οἱ λ. αὑτοὺς ποριστὰς καλοῦσιν Arist. Rh. 1405a25; of irregular troops, IG 12(2).526 (Eresos).
II metaph., λ. ἐναργὴς τῆς ἐμῆς τυραννίδος S. OT 535; Κύπριδος Lyc. 1143; λῃστὰ λογισμοῦ, of love, APl. 4.198 (Maec.).
λῃστής , -οῦ , ὁ
(< Ep. ληίς = λεία , booty),
[in LXX for H1416, etc.;]
a robber, brigand: Matthew 21:13 (LXX) Matthew 26:55; Matthew 27:38; Matthew 27:44, Mark 11:17; Mark 14:48; Mark 15:27, Luke 10:30; Luke 10:36; Luke 19:46; Luke 22:52, John 10:1; John 10:8; John 18:40, 2 Corinthians 11:26.†
SYN.: κλέπτης G2812, q.v.
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P Petr III. 28 (e) verso (a).1 (iii/B.C.), memoranda relating to criminals, is headed—περὶ ἐπ [ιθέσ ]εως ληιστῶν (for form, cf. Mayser Gr. p. 122) : cf. P Par 46.7 (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski.2, p. 86) ἐν τοῖς ἀναγκαιοτάτοις καιροῖς ληστῶν ἐπικειμένων, P Lips I. 37.28 (A.D. 389) ἑτοιμότατα γὰρ ἔχω ἀπελε ̣ν ̣ξαι ἐν τῷ ἀχρ [ά ]ντῳ αὐτοῦ δικαστηρίῳ τούτους ληστὰς ὁμολό [γ ]ους καὶ ζῶα ἀπελακότας (l. ἀπεληλ —) πολλάκις, and the late P Oxy I. 139.23 (A.D. 612) ὑποδέξασθαι λιστάς, ";to have harboured robbers."; For λῃστήριον, ";a band of robbers,"; cf. P Petr III. 28 (e).6 (iii/B.C.) ἐπέθετο αὐτοῖς ληιστήρ [ιο ]ν, P Hamb I. 10.7 (ii/A.D.) ἐπέβη μου ταῖς οἰκίαις. . λῃστήριον, and for the meaning ";robbers’ lairs,"; cf. Cagnat IV. 219.5 τὰ ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ ληστήρια. The adj. λῃστ (ρ)ικός is common, e.g. P Tebt I. 53.11 (B.C. 110) ἐπιθέμενοι λῃστικῶι τρόπωι, ib. II. 332.5 (A.D. 176) ἐπῆλθάν τινες λῃστρικῷ τρόπῳ οἰκίαν μου. Other derivatives from the same root are λῃστεία (BGU II. 372ii. 13—A.D. 154), λῃστοπιαστής (ib. I. 325.2—c. iii/A.D. an officer detailed for special service in the search for certain criminals), and λῄσταρχος, ";arch-pirate"; (P Oxy I. 33 verso iv. 8—late ii/A.D. where the term is used metaphorically).
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