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Strong's #1589 - גָּנַב
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- to steal, steal away, carry away
- (Qal) to steal
- (Niphal) to be stolen
- (Piel) to steal away
- 1d)(Pual) to be stolen away, be brought by stealth
- (Hithpael) to go by stealth, steal away
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2073) bnc (גנב GNB) AC: Steal CO: Thief AB: Theft: [from: nc- what a garden is protected from]
V) bnc (גנב GNB) - Steal: KJV (39): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) steal, carry, brought - Strongs: H1589 (גָּנַב)
Nm) bnc (גנב GNB) - Thief: KJV (17): thief - Strongs: H1590 (גַּנָּב)
Nf1) ebnc (גנבה GNBH) - Theft: KJV (2): theft - Strongs: H1591 (גְּנֵבָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular suffix גְּנָבַתּוּ Job 21:18; Job 27:20, גְּנָבָ֫תַם Genesis 31:22; 2 masculine singular גָּנַבְתּ Genesis 31:30; 1 singular וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי consecutive Proverbs 30:9; גָּנְָֽבוּ Joshua 7:11; 2 Samuel 21:12; suffix גְּנָבוּךָ 2 Samuel 19:42; Imperfect יִגְנָֹֽבֿ Exodus 21:37, יִגְנוֺב Proverbs 6:30, וַיִּגְנֹב Genesis 31:20; 3 feminine singular וַתִּגְנֹב Genesis 31:19 2t.; 2 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 2t.; Participle גֹּנֵב Exodus 21:16 2t., גָּנוּב Genesis 30:33; feminine construct גְּנֻבְתִי 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, compare Infinitive absolute Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9 & (c. Niph`al) 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`al be stolen, subject of thing גָּנֹב יִגָּנֵב Exodus 22:11.
Pi`el steal away (transitive) וַיְגַגֵּב אבשׁלום אתלֵֿב 2 Samuel 15:6; מְגַנְּבֵי דְּבָרַי Jeremiah 23:30.
Pu`al 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.
Hithpa`el go by stealth, steal away יִתְגַּנֵּב 2 Samuel 19:4, וַיִּתְגַּנֵּב 2 Samuel 19:4. (Syriac steal oneself away; so Genesis 31:27.)
גָּנַב fut. יִנְנֹב.
(1) to steal, to take away by theft, secretly. (This verb appears to be denominative from the Arab. جَنْبُ a side, Ch. גַּב and prop. equivalent to, to put aside; Germ. auf die Seite bringen.) [“Compare Sanscrit parçvaka thief, from parçva side.”] Hence جنب has many significations taken from the idea of side, to break a side, to take from the side.) Followed by an acc. of thing, Genesis 31:19, 30 Genesis 31:30, 33 Genesis 31:33 and person, 2 Samuel 19:42; Deuteronomy 24:7; Job 21:18, וּכְמֹץ גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה “and like the chaff, which the wind driveth away;” 27:20. Part. pass. with Yod parag. גְּנֻבְתִי Genesis 31:39.
(2) to deceive, like the Gr. κλέπτειν. Genesis 31:27, וַתִּגְנֹב אֹתִי “thou hast deceived me.” Especially followed by לֵב prop. to deceive any one’s heart, i.e. understanding, like κλέπτειν νόον, Hom. Il. xiv. 227. Genesis 31:20, וַיִּגְנֹב יַעֲקֹב אֶת־לֵב לָבָן “and Jacob deceived Laban;” verse 26 Genesis 31:26. See L. de Dieu, on Gen. loc. cit., and John 10:24.
Niphal pass. of No. 1, Exodus 22:11.
Piel i.q. Kal.
(1) to steal, Jeremiah 23:30.
(2) followed by לֵב to deceive, 2 Samuel 15:6.
Pual pass. Job 4:12, אֵלַי דָּבָד יְגֻנָּב “an oracle was brought to me by stealth,” or secretly. Inf. absol. גֻּנֹּב Genesis 40:15.
Hithpael, to do by stealth, followed by a gerund, 2 Samuel 19:4, וַיִּתְגַּנֵּב הָעָם בַּיוֹם הַהוּא לָבוֹא הָעִיד “and the people that day went by stealth into the city.” (Syr. ܓܢܰܒ ܢܦܰܫܶܗ to steal oneself away.) Hence