Word

κλέπτω

kléptō · G2813 · Greek · 13 occurrences

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Meanings

to steal, theft

To take secretly and without permission the property of someone else

Examples
Matthew 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 19:18 Then he said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT GIVE FALSE TESTIMONY;

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

13 occurrences in 7 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 5
κλέπτηςthief 2
μαθητήςdisciple 2
κλέπτωto steal 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2

With adverbsAdverbs

8 occurrences in 4 groups

μήnot 3
οὐnot 3
ὅπουwhere, wherever, in which 2
μηκέτιno longer 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κλέπτωto steal 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἔπωto say 1
κηρύσσωto preach, to proclaim 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

גָּנַב gânab · H1589 · to steal, to keep (someone) uninformed: The Hebrew verb גָּנַב, denoting the act of stealing or taking something secretly, serves as the direct semantic equivalent of Greek κλέπτω across Septuagint translation.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To steal, theft57.232: κλέπτω is the verb for the act of stealing. Ephesians 4:28 instructs, “The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather he must labor, producing with his own hands what is good,” the κλέπτω naming the theft that new conduct in Christ must replace.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κλέπτωkléptō · G2813κλέπτης kléptēs · G2812 · thief · 16×κλοπή klopḗ · G2829 · to steal, theft · 2×κλέμμα klémma · G2809 · to steal, theft · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future κεψω (the Sept. also in Ex 20:14; Lev 19:11; Deut 5:19, for κλέψομαι more common…

future κεψω (the Sept. also in Ex 20:14; Lev 19:11; Deut 5:19, for κλέψομαι more common ((?) cf. Veitch, under the word; Kühner, § 343, under the word, 1:848) in secular authors); 1 aorist ἐκλεψα; (from Homer down); the Sept. for גָּנַב;
a. to steal; absolutely, to commit a theft: Mt 6:19; Mt 19:18; Mk 10:19; Lk 18:20; Jn 10:10; Rom 2:21; Rom 13:9; Eph 4:28.
b. transitive, to steal i. e. take away by stealth: τινα, the dead body of one, Mt 27:64; Mt 28:13.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Steal, Rob13 occurrences

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