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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)
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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 16 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:33 - Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:39 - But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:1 - Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:8 - All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:10 - The thief comes only to take the sheep and to put them to death: he comes for their destruction: I have come so that they may have life and have it in greater measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:6 - (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:2 - For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:4 - But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:15 - Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:15 - (See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)
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