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Lexicon :: Strong's G3027 - lēstēs

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λῃστής
Transliteration
lēstēs (Key)
Pronunciation
lace-tace'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From leizomai (to plunder)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:257,532

Trench's Synonyms: xliv. κλέπτης, λῃστής.

Strong’s Definitions

λῃστής lēistḗs, lace-tace'; from ληΐζομαι lēḯzomai (to plunder); a brigand:—robber, thief.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G3027 in the following manner: thief (11x), robber (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G3027 in the following manner: thief (11x), robber (4x).

  1. a robber, plunderer, freebooter, brigand

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λῃστής lēistḗs, lace-tace'; from ληΐζομαι lēḯzomai (to plunder); a brigand:—robber, thief.
STRONGS G3027:
λῃστής, ληστου, ὁ (for ληιστής from ληίζομαι, to plunder, and this from Ionic and epic ληίς, for which the Attics use λεῖα, booty) (from Sophocles and Herodotus down), a robber; a plunderer, freebooter, brigand: Matthew 26:55; Mark 14:48; Luke 22:52; John 10:1; John 18:40; plural, Matthew 21:13; Matthew 27:38, 44; Mark 11:17; Mark 15:27; Luke 10:30, 36; Luke 19:46; John 10:8; 2 Corinthians 11:26. (Not to be confounded with κλέπτης thief, one who takes property by stealth (although the distinction is obscured in A. V.); cf. Trench, § xliv.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:13; 26:55; 27:38; 27:44
Mark
11:17; 14:48; 15:27
Luke
10:30; 10:36; 19:46; 22:52
John
10:1; 10:8; 18:40
2 Corinthians
11:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3027 matches the Greek λῃστής (lēstēs),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:13 - And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’[fn] but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not seize Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:38 - Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:44 - Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:17 - Then He taught, saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’?[fn] But you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48 - Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:27 - With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:30 - Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:36 - “So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:46 - saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is[fn] a house of prayer,’[fn] but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - Then Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and the elders who had come to Him, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - “All who ever came before Me[fn] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:40 - Then they all cried again, saying, “Not this Man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:26 - in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
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