κλέπτης
kléptēs · G2812 · Greek · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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thief
(Derivative of κλέπτω ‘to steal,’) A person who steals
ExamplesMatthew 6:19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 6:20 “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;
Matthew 24:43 “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἔρχομαιto come 3
- διορύσσωto break through 2
- κλέπτωto steal 2
- ἐγγίζωto draw near 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐκεῖνοςthat, that one, there 1
- ἔρχομαιto come 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- גַּנָּב gannâb · H1590 · thief
- גַּנָּב (gannâb, H1590) is the direct Hebrew equivalent of κλέπτης (kléptēs, G2812), both denoting one who steals, with the Greek term serving as the standard LXX rendering of the Hebrew lemma across literal theft contexts and figurative applications alike.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Thief57.233
- κλέπτης names one who steals. John 10:10 contrasts the thief’s purpose with Christ’s own: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and have it abundantly,” the κλέπτης being this destructive figure set against the good shepherd.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κλέπτου, ὁ (κλέπτω) (from Homer down), the Sept. for גַּנָּב, a thief: Mt 6:19; Mt 24:43;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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