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Lexicon :: Strong's G2812 - kleptēs

Aa
κλέπτης
Transliteration
kleptēs (Key)
Pronunciation
klep'-tace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:754,441

Trench's Synonyms: xliv. κλέπτης, λῃστής.

Strong’s Definitions

κλέπτης kléptēs, klep'-tace; from G2813; a stealer (literally or figuratively):—thief. Compare G3027.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G2812 in the following manner: thief (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G2812 in the following manner: thief (16x).

  1. an embezzler, pilferer

    1. the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κλέπτης kléptēs, klep'-tace; from G2813; a stealer (literally or figuratively):—thief. Compare G3027.
STRONGS G2812:
κλέπτης, κλέπτου, ὁ (κλέπτω) (from Homer down), the Sept. for גַּנָּב, a thief: Matthew 6:19; Matthew 24:43; Luke 12:33, 39; John 10:1, 10; 1 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Peter 4:15; an embezzler, pilferer, John 12:6; ἔρχεσθαι or ἥκειν... ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτί, equivalent to to come unexpectedly, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 4; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 3:3; Revelation 16:15; the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain, John 10:8. (Synonym: see λῃστής, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:19; 24:43
Luke
12:33; 12:39
John
10:1; 10:8; 10:10; 12:6
1 Corinthians
6:10
1 Thessalonians
5:2; 5:4
1 Peter
4:15
2 Peter
3:10
Revelation
3:3; 16:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2812 matches the Greek κλέπτης (kleptēs),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:2 - If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 - If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:14 -
The murderer riseth with the light;
He killeth the poor and needy;
And in the night he is as a thief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:5 -
They are driven forth from the midst of men;
They cry after them as after a thief;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:18 -
When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him,
And hast been partaker with adulterers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24 -
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul;
He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26 - As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9 - If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 - When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers ravageth without.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9 - They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
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